United States v. Fuentes

SENTENCING MEMORANDUM

ELLIS, District Judge.

Introduction

Defendant Roberto Esteban Fuentes is before the Court for sentencing following a jury trial on August 24, 1989, resulting in a guilty verdict on 34 counts of a 78-count indictment. 1 Specifically, Fuentes was convicted of Count 1, charging him with conspiracy to possess and distribute in excess of five (5) kilograms of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846; Count 2, carrying on a Continuing Criminal Enterprise (“CCE”), in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848; Count 3, of conspiracy to launder money, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371; Count 10,…