Legal Opinion

United States v. Alfonso Mora, Jesus Medina, Juan Torres Sosa and Ricardo Reyes Lira

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 28, 1993No. 92-8438PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Challenging their convictions for drug-related offenses, defendants-appellants Alfonso Mora (Mora), Jesus Medina (Medina), Ricardo Reyes Lira (Lira), and Juan Torres Sosa (Sosa) raise issues of, inter alia, entrapment, discovery abuse, and sufficiency of the evidence. Mora and Medina contest the district court’s assessment of their sentences, disputing its findings on the amount of marihuana involved in the offense conduct. We affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

Defendants’ convictions arise out of a sting operation conducted by the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)…

2Cases cited32 opinions

  1. Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Pennsylvania v. RitchieSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  5. Masciale v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958

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3Cited by46 opinions

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  3. United States v. PaceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  4. United States v. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. GaytanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996

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