Legal Opinion
United States v. Garcia
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 7, 1999No. 98-2012, 98-2031PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves the defendant’s challenge to the district court’s denial of a motion for judgment of acquittal based on an entrapment defense and denial of motions for a new trial, as well as the government’s cross-appeals on several sentencing issues. We affirm the district court’s judgment, except for the district court’s two-level reduction based on the minor participant provision of the Sentencing Guidelines, on which we reverse and remand.
On December 14, 1995, Defendant-Appellant/Cross-Appellee Eleuterio Garcia was arrested for trafficking cocaine, and was later…
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