United States v. Cristobal Gonzales Castro

HAYS, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction entered against appellant in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, based upon a jury verdict finding him guilty of dealing in narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173 and 174. We affirm the conviction.

Appellant was arrested by narcotics agents armed with a search warrant who entered an apartment in which he was found. As the narcotics agents came into the apartment, Castro approached them with his hands in the air saying “I’ve got it. I will give it to you.” He then removed a bundle of…