Legal Opinion
United States v. Valdez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 15, 2006No. 04-50499PublishedCited by 112 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Hector and Cesar Valdez appeal their convictions and sentences on various drug charges. We affirm the convictions and Hector’s sentence. We vacate Cesar’s sentence and remand for re-sentencing.
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This case involves a drug conspiracy to transport large quantities of marijuana and, on at least two occasions, cocaine from Del Rio, Texas, to Dallas, Texas. Five defendants were charged in an eight-count indictment for their alleged involvement in the operation, but only the appellants, Hector and Cesar Valdez, were convicted following a jury trial. 1
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