Legal Opinion
United States v. Lizardo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 26, 2006No. 04-1714PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
A jury convicted defendant Meraldo Lizardo for conspiring to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and for unlawful use of a communication facility in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b). The district court sentenced Lizardo to a term of imprisonment of 60 months. On appeal, Lizardo contests both the conviction and the sentence. We affirm.
I. Background
From 1997 to 2000, Lizardo was a deputy sheriff in the Essex County Sheriffs department in Massachusetts. He was a member of the Warrant Apprehension Unit and worked with state and local law enforcement. The…
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