United States v. Pena-Rodriguez

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This case involves an appeal by eight appellants from convictions for various narcotics offenses related to their roles in an international nareotics-distribution organization. The superseding grand jury indictment charged thirty-two defendants with eight counts and resulted in a three-week trial involving eighteen defendants. At trial, the government called over 100 witnesses and entered more than 800 exhibits into evidence. Each of the appellants was convicted on the first count of the indictment, which alleged a conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute…