Legal Opinion
United States v. Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 23, 2010No. 08-2578PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
This case demonstrates several patterns in urban drug dealing: the shipment of packages of large quantities of drugs through reputable carriers, here DHL; the use of largely empty apartments by drug conspirators as drug drops to which the shipments are addressed; and police who pretend to be carrier employees, make deliveries, and arrest those who take control of the package at the apartments. The defendant, Jesus Gonzalez, convicted of conspiring to distribute and possessing with the intent to distribute cocaine and marijuana, tries to take advantage of this pattern to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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