United States v. Kerry Raphael

MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

Gary Baptiste and Kerry Raphael appeal their convictions and sentences following a jury trial. After thorough review of the record and briefs, and with the benefit of oral argument, we affirm the District Court.

I. BACKGROUND 1

This case arises out of a reverse sting operation conducted by Detective Sanchez of the Broward County Sheriffs Office in Florida. Detective Sanchez posed undercover as a disgruntled operative of a Mexican drug cartel who wanted to orchestrate an armed robbery of his cartel’s stash house.

Mr. Baptiste became involved in this operation when a…