Legal Opinion
United States v. Serrato
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided February 7, 2014No. 12-8040, 12-8041PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, District Judge.
Eddie Serrato and Sotero Negrete are drug dealers. In this case they both were found guilty of multiple counts related to their involvement in a methamphetamine trafficking conspiracy centered in Casper, Wyoming. On appeal, Mr. Serrato raises four challenges to his conviction and sentence: (1) the prosecutor engaged in misconduct that violated his Fifth and Sixth Amendment rights; (2) there was an unconstitutional variance between the crime charged (a single conspiracy) and the evidence presented at trial (two separate conspiracies); (3) the district court abused its…
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