Legal Opinion
United States v. Fisher
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 17, 1993No. 92-2380 and 91-1330PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Circuit Judge.
In this appeal, defendant-appellant Michael Fisher challenges his convictions for attempting and conspiring to possess with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. 1 After careful consideration of defendant’s arguments, we affirm.
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BACKGROUND
In mid-1989, the United States Drug Enforcement Agency (“DEA”), initiated a “reverse sting” in which it planned to sell narcotics to Ai Osseiran, a known narcotics trafficker. In June 1989, Joseph Khoury, a paid DEA informant, met with Osseiran at his place of business, Absolute Diamonds in Boston. At that time,…
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