Legal Opinion
United States v. Lino
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 12, 2007No. 05-1665PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
Eric Lino was convicted of one count of conspiring to distribute between 500 grams and five kilograms of cocaine and one count of cocaine distribution, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). He was sentenced to 144 months of imprisonment. Lino appeals only from the sentence, and we limit our background discussion accordingly.
At trial, the evidence demonstrated that Lino was part of a cocaine conspiracy that operated in southeastern Massachusetts between June 2001 and June 2003. The government presented testimony from three of Lino’s associates that during the life…
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