Legal Opinion
United States v. Ismael Ruiz-Estrada
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided November 29, 2002No. 01-3690PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RILEY, Circuit Judge.
The government indicted Ismael Ruiz-Estrada (Ruiz-Estrada) on one count of conspiracy to distribute drugs and two counts of aiding and abetting the possession and distribution of drugs. A jury convicted Ruiz-Estrada on the conspiracy count, but acquitted him on both counts of aiding and abetting. The district court 1 sentenced Ruiz-Estrada to a mandatory minimum sentence of 120 months. Ruiz-Estrada appeals his conspiracy conviction and challenges the constitutionality of the federal drug statute. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
On January 16, 2001, an undercover police officer…
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