Legal Opinion
United States v. David Schmucker-Bula
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 18, 1980No. 78-2247PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The defendant, David Schmucker-Bula, appeals from his conviction and sentence for conspiring with Carlos Ferreira-Camar-go and Augustin Bernier to import cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. The primary question on appeal is whether the conspiracy charged in the indictment was within the criminal jurisdiction of the United States. The defendant also questions the sufficiency of the evidence of his involvement in an importation conspiracy as well as the sentence imposed.
As seems to be true in most smuggling conspiracy cases, the facts present a series of complex…
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