United States v. Frank Ernest Binetti

MEHRTENS, District Judge:

The defendant appeals from a jury conviction for conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) and § 846 (Count I); two counts (II and IV) for knowingly and intentionally possessing with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); and two counts (III and V) for knowingly and intentionally distributing cocaine in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We affirm.

Defendant Frank Ernest Binetti had been a real estate agent in Topeka, Kansas. Becoming unemployed, he…