United States v. Florentino Soria

*856McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Rogelio Gomez Torres and Florentino So-ria were jointly charged in a two-count indictment as follows: (1) In count one they were charged with unlawfully conspiring on or about July 31, 1990, to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846; (2) in count two they were charged with unlawfully distributing on or about July 31, 1990, cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. On motion by Soria, the charges against Torres and Soria were severed for trial purposes. The jury convicted Soria on both counts of the indictment and he was sentenced to…