Legal Opinion
United States v. Richard Lynn Pitt, in No. 98-7383 United States of America v. William Michael Strube, Also Known as Mike Strube, in No. 98-7497
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 15, 1999No. 98-7383, 98-7497PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
DOWD, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
The appellants, Richard Pitt and William Strube, stand convicted of the primary charge of engaging in a 1994 conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 486 kilograms of cocaine. Richard Pitt was, at the time of the conspiracy, a documented confidential informant for the United States Customs Service. Pitt and Strube defended their conduct with respect to the 486 kilograms of cocaine as a necessary predicate to obtaining, in a reverse sting operation, an enormous quantity of cocaine from the Cali Cartel in Colombia. In preparation,…
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