Legal Opinion

United States v. Manuel Soto

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided July 24, 2015No. 13-2300, 13-2389, 13-2510, 13-2582PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AMENDED OPINION

KAREN NELSON MOORE, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the drug-trafficking, kidnapping, and firearms convictions of Defendants-Appellants Hector Santana, Manuel Antonio Soto, Christopher Espinoza, and Juan Ramon Respardo-Ramirez. A grand jury indicted them on two conspiracies and two firearms charges: conspiracy to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute and to distribute it, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(l)(A)(ii)(II) (2012) (Count 1); conspiracy to kidnap, 18 U.S.C. § 1201(a)(1)(c) (Count 5); possession of a firearm in furtherance of and during and in relation to…

2Cases cited62 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. OlanoSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. United States v. LeonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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