Legal Opinion
United States v. Vazquez-Castro
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 7, 2011No. 09-2109PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SILER, Circuit Judge.
Jose Vazquez-Castro was convicted by a jury of three counts: (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine; (2) possessing cocaine with intent to distribute; and (3) possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. He appeals the sufficiency of the evidence for the weapon charge in Count Three, and argues the district court erred by instructing the jury on the Pinkerton theory of liability. For the following reasons, we AFFIRM.
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