Legal Opinion
United States v. Fulgencio Pantoja-Soto, Raul Pal-Sali, Nelio A. Nunez and Manuel Roberto Guerrero
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 27, 1984No. 82-5454PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Senior Circuit Judge:
Appellants Fulgencio Pantoja-Soto, Raul Pal-Sali, Nelio Nunez and Manuel Guerrero appeal their convictions on two counts of federal drug law violations. We find no reversible error in the conviction of Pantoja-Soto and therefore affirm the jury’s verdict as to him. With respect to Pal-Sali, *1522Nunez and Guerrero, however, we find that their convictions are not supported by sufficient evidence and reverse.
FACTS
On April 6, 1981, Special Agent Pedro Velazco of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) received information via a confidential informant (the “Cl”) that a…
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