Legal Opinion
Reyes v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 5, 2009No. 08 Civ. 5889 (WHP)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM & ORDER
WILLIAM H. PAULEY III, District Judge:
Petitioner Angel Reyes (“Reyes”) moves to vacate, set aside, or correct his sentence pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2255. For the following reasons, Reyes’s motion is denied.
BACKGROUND
On November 23, 2004, a jury in this district convicted Reyes of one count of conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. On August 11, 2005, this Court sentenced Reyes to a term of 86 months of imprisonment.
I. Trial
The Government’s case at trial included testimony from two informants, Estella Zuleta…
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