Legal Opinion
United States v. Valencia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 27, 1995No. 19-30032PublishedCited by 65 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEWART, Circuit Judge:
Jose Jairo Valencia pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute cocaine, count one of an eleven-count indictment which charged Valencia and his nine codefendants. He appeals his 81-month sentence of imprisonment, asserting that the district court erred by increasing his offense level by four levels pursuant to U.S.S.G. § 3Bl.l(a) and by attributing to him all the cocaine found in his apartment when he was arrested. We affirm his sentence.
FACTS
On August 19, 1992, a traffic stop in Allen Parish, Louisiana, revealed one and one-quarter kilos of cocaine in a vehicle with…
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