Legal Opinion
United States v. Figueroa
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 13, 2010No. 09-3333PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WOOD, Circuit Judge.
There was little out of the ordinary in Jose Figueroa’s trial and conviction. Figueroa was charged with leading a multimillion-dollar drug conspiracy in Wisconsin from 2005 to 2008. A jury convicted him of one count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute it and one count of distribution of cocaine. Although he challenges one evidentiary decision in this appeal, we find no merit in that argument.
Figueroa’s sentencing was another matter. The district court sentenced Figueroa to 235 months’ imprisonment. This represented the low end of Figueroa’s…
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