United States v. Rene Rivas

PARKER, Circuit Judge:.

Appellant Rene Rivas (“Rivas”) appeals his convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, as well as the sentences imposed by the district court. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Law enforcement officers stopped an 18-wheeler hauling a load of watermelons from Texas to Florida on September 27, 1994. They found approximately 773 pounds of marijuana in a hidden compartment in the trailer. The driver, Rivas’s co-defendant Ramon Rodriguez, pleaded guilty to a drug…