United States v. Jose Santos Quintanilla, United States of America v. Juan Torres Velasquez

WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

Juan Torres Velasquez and Jose Santos Quintanilla appeal their convictions and sentences for possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and for conspiring to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B) and 846. Velasquez also appeals his conviction for carrying a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). We affirm the judgments of the district court. 1

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Velasquez’s and Quintanilla’s convictions resulted from an undercover investigation involving an informant,…