Legal Opinion

United States v. Abel Parama Borromeo

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided January 22, 1992No. 90-5736PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

Dr. Abel P. Borromeo, convicted of illegally distributing controlled substances on fifty-two occasions and of conducting the affairs of his medical practice through a pattern of racketeering activity, presents five issues for review. Finding no merit to Borromeo’s challenges to the district court’s rulings, we affirm his conviction.

Borromeo, licensed by West Virginia to practice medicine, began treating patients in Charleston in 1974. By 1986, he saw as many as sixty patients a day in three separate offices. In 1987, a Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) investigation…

2Cases cited9 opinions

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  3. United States v. TateoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Caplin & Drysdale, Chartered v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
  5. United States v. Arvle Edgar MedlinCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1988

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3Cited by49 opinions

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  4. Ralph Rodney Earnest v. Donald Dorsey, Attorney General of the State of New MexicoCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1996
  5. United States v. Thomas Edward UzenskiCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2006

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