United States v. Salvador Pardo-Bolland and Rene Bruchon

J. JOSEPH SMITH, Circuit Judge.

The defendants Salvador Pardo-Bol-land, Rene Bruchon and Juan Carlo Ar-izti were convicted after trial before a jury in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, John M. Cannella, J., of violating Title 21, U.S.C. §§ 173-174, which prohibits the receiving, concealing and selling, etc. of narcotics illegally imported into the United States, and of conspiring to violate the federal narcotics laws. Bruchon and Bolland, sentenced respectively to fifteen and eighteen year terms concurrently on each count, and fined $20,000 on each count,…