Legal Opinion

United States v. Michael Torres

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 6, 2017No. 13-50088, 13-50095, 13-50102, 13-50107PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1092Concurrence by Judge CLIFTON (setting forth the majority opinion as to Appellants’ challenge to Jury Instruction 50)

OPINION

IKUTA, Circuit Judge 1:

Rafael Munoz Gonzalez, Cesar Munoz Gonzalez, Abraham Aldana, and Michael Torres appeal their convictions and sentences for racketeering, drug trafficking conspiracy, and related offenses. We hold that the district court’s jury instruction for determining drug quantities under 21 U.S.C. § 841(b) was not reversible error, even though the jury was not required to find that the drug quantities related to violations that were part of a jointly undertaken…

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