Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramiro Mesa-Farias
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 21, 1995No. 94-30174PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.
Today we must clarify our holding in United States v. Becerra, 992 F.2d 960 (9th Cir. 1993). In that case, we held that a defendant is responsible for the amount of drags possessed by a eoconspirator only if that amount was reasonably foreseeable to the defendant. We now hold that a defendant is responsible for the total amount of drugs in his own possession, regardless of whether the amount was foreseeable.
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The FBI was investigating Rodolfo Mendoza, appellant Ramiro Mesa-Farias’s brother-in-law, for suspected drag dealing. During their surveillance, FBI agents…
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