Legal Opinion
United States v. Torres-Rodriguez
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 4, 1991No. Nos. 89-30298 to 89-30301PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CANBY, Circuit Judge:
Defendant-appellants Calixtro Torres-Rodriguez (Torres), Am Paro Madriz, Ricardo Guardado and J. Trinidad Estrada-Solorzano (Estrada) were convicted in a jury trial of various offenses arising out of a drug-trafficking operation. Appellants allege numerous errors in the pre-trial, trial and sentencing phases. We find some of their contentions meritorious and reject the rest.
I. BACKGROUND
This case stems from a joint investigation by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). As a result of that investigation, the government…
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