Legal Opinion
United States v. Humberto Lechuga
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 13, 1993No. 91-2891PublishedCited by 181 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
An indictment charged Humberto Lechuga with having in his possession more than 500 grams of cocaine, with the intention of distributing the cocaine; and also with having conspired with Evelio Pinto and unnamed others to distribute the cocaine. 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846. The jury convicted Lechu-ga on both counts, and the judge sentenced him to 75 months in prison.
A government undercover agent named Carr had arranged to buy 500 grams of cocaine from Pinto. To obtain the cocaine for the sale, Pinto got in touch with Sam Pagan, who had previously sold Pinto cocaine that…
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