United States v. Navarez

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

In August 1989 a federal grand jury charged Anselmo Navarez and three other persons with possession of cocaine with intent to distribute and a conspiracy to do the same, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a) and 846. On September 26, 1989, Navarez moved for discovery of information that could be pertinent to calculation of the sentence he would receive for these crimes under the United States Sentencing Commission’s Guidelines Manual, as amended (Nov.1989), were he convicted. Issues on which Navarez sought discovery included the government’s…