United States v. Gobbi

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

In a split decision, a jury acquitted defendant-appellant Anthony Gobbi on three counts of a five-count indictment but convicted him of conspiracy and one substantive drug-trafficking charge. On appeal, Gobbi mounts a three-pronged attack, challenging (i> the sufficiency of the evidence underpinning one of the two counts of conviction; (ii) an evidentiary ruling; and (iii) two sentencing enhancements. Concluding, as we do, that Gobbi’s arguments are devoid of merit, we affirm the judgment below.

I. BACKGROUND

This case grows out of a reverse sting operation conceived by the…