Legal Opinion
United States v. Luis Anthony Rivera
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided January 20, 1988No. 85-1768, 85-1771PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McKAY, Circuit Judge.
Luis Anthony Rivera was found guilty of all counts under both a seven-count indictment (indictment I) and a six-count indictment (indictment II) in a consolidated trial. He was sentenced to the maximum term allowable under every count with each to run consecutively, resulting in a life sentence without parole plus 140 years.
Indictment I charged defendant and six other named individuals, with: (1) conspiracy to import cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960, and 963 (1982 & Supp. Ill 1985); (2) importation of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a) and 960…
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