Legal Opinion
United States v. Marrero-Ortiz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 17, 1998No. 96-2187PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
In the wake of his conviction on a charge of conspiracy to possess controlled substances with intent to distribute, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 (1994), defendant-appellant Luis Marrero-Ortiz (Marrero), one of thirty-one defendants named in a wide-ranging indictment, claims that the district court committed a host of errors. We have reviewed the trial record with care and find Marrero’s multi-pronged attack on his conviction meritless. Withal, one aspect of the trial court’s sentencing determination gives us pause.
With this brief prelude, we proceed to discuss…
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