Legal Opinion

United States v. Villa

Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit

Decided December 29, 2009No. 08-8100PublishedCited by 34 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TACHA, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted defendant-appellant Josefina Villa of possessing with intent to distribute at least 500 grams of methamphetamine and aiding and abetting, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and (b)(1)(A)(viii) and 18 U.S.C. § 2, and possessing a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c). On appeal, she challenges: (1) the denial of her motion to suppress evidence of the crimes; (2) the sufficiency of the evidence supporting her conviction for the firearm offense; and (3) her sentence for the firearm offense. We take…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. United States v. BookerSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  2. Bailey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  3. Lamie v. United States TrusteeSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  4. Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
  5. United States v. Carlos Botero-OspinaCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by34 opinions

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