Legal Opinion
United States v. Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 1, 1996No. 93-2246PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
A jury empaneled in the United States District Court for the District of Maine found defendant-appellant Luis A. Santiago guilty of a single count of conspiracy to possess and distribute heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and the district court sentenced him as a career offender. Santiago now challenges his conviction and sentence. We affirm.
I
Background
We limn the facts in the light most congenial to the verdict, consistent with record support. See, e.g., United States v. Maraj, 947 F.2d 520, 522 (1st Cir.1991).
The overarching conspiracy that the government charged in the…
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