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United States v. Mendoza

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 12, 2009No. 08-2403PublishedCited by 46 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TINDER, Circuit Judge.

Jose Medina Mendoza was charged along with Jose Luis Rodriguez and Samuel Perez with a cocaine conspiracy. Perez and Rodriguez also were charged with related drug offenses. They pled guilty to the conspiracy charge, but Mendoza took his chances with a jury and was convicted. The district court imposed a sentence of 120 months, near the upper end of the advisory Guidelines range of 97 to 121 months. Mendoza challenges only his sentence on appeal, and we affirm.

I. Background

In 2006, Drug Enforcement Agency Special Agent Robert Lukens was assigned to the Metropolitan…

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