United States v. Paul Suarez

PRISCILLA R. OWEN, Circuit Judge:

A jury convicted Paul Suarez for his involvement in a drug trafficking conspiracy and for firearms offenses. Suarez appeals contending that the convictions were not supported by sufficient evidence. He also asserts that the district court erred in imposing a 120-month (ten year) mandatory minimum prison sentence for possession of a sawed-off shotgun in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. The evidence was sufficient to sustain each of Suarez’s convictions, and they are affirmed. But that the mandatory minimum sentence of 120 months of imprisonment was…