Legal Opinion
United States v. Rojas
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 12, 2010No. Docket 09-3007-crPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WESLEY, Circuit Judge:
On May 16, 2008, a jury found defendant Nicholas Rojas guilty of conspiring to possess with the intent to distribute, and to distribute, five grams or more of cocaine base in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B), and 846. The jury also found Rojas guilty of using a telephone to facilitate the commission of a drug trafficking-felony in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). At trial, the government presented evidence that Rojas functioned as a street-level crack dealer in a large-scale narcotics trafficking organization headed by Luis A. Colon, also known as…
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