Legal Opinion
United States v. Eliseo Contreras
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 25, 2001No. 00-2229PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ILANA DIAMOND ROVNER, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted Eliseo Contreras on charges that he conspired with others to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute the narcotic, see 21 U.S.C. § 846, and that he possessed cocaine with the intent to distribute on five separate occasions, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). Judge Lozano ordered him to serve a prison term of 200 months. Contreras contends on appeal that the record does not support the inference that he conspired with one or more other individuals in pursuit of his drug trafficking. With that contention we agree, and consequently we will…
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