People v. Aponte

Opinion by

Judge REED.

Defendant, Charlie Cotto Aponte, appeals from the judgment of conviction entered upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of distribution of a controlled substance by its importation into the state in violation of the special offender statute. We affirm.

Defendant’s convictions arose from an undercover drug operation conducted by the Jefferson County and federal Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) narcotics investigation teams.

In November 1990, a police informant, who was being detained in Colorado on unrelated charges, met with DEA agents and offered to arrange a drug…