United States v. Jose Del Carmen Leal, A/K/A "Aldo,"

Appellant Jose Del Carmen Leal (“Leal”) was convicted of conspiring to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 (1982), with importing a controlled substance, 21 U.S.C. § 952 (1982), and with aiding and abetting the unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to distribute it, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1982); 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1982). Leal was sentenced on all counts to a total of twelve years imprisonment, a $20,000.00 fine and a special parole term of six years.

Leal appeals his conviction on two grounds, both…