Legal Opinion
United States v. Gilberto Edwards, Also Known as Lorenzo, Also Known as Logan, Also Known as Darnell Johnson
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 28, 2003No. Docket 02-1441PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge.
A jury in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York convicted Gilberto Edwards (defendant or appellant) of conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. The trial was conducted before District Court Judge Nina Ger-shon who, in a judgment entered on July 22, 2002, sentenced defendant to 235 months of imprisonment.
The evidence at trial showed that defendant used several aliases, putting on one name and then another like a kabuki player changing masks during his performance. There are of course legitimate…
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