Legal Opinion
United States v. Garcia-Morales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 30, 2004No. 03-2094PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Roberto Francisco García-Morales appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiring to possess cocaine and heroin with the intent to distribute. 21 U.S.C. § 846. We affirm.
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The events leading to Garcia’s conviction took place in October 2001. Early in the month, the United States Customs Service, with the help of a confidential informant, infiltrated a drug smuggling enterprise, operating out of St. Maarten, headed by an individual named “Tocayo.” The confidential informant, a shipping captain, worked with Tocayo to transport a large shipment of drugs to Puerto Rico and…
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