Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-3-1993

Abstract

Defendants-appellants Claudia Wilson, Oscar Sanchez ("Oscar"), Omar Sanchez ("Omar"), Ferdinand Romero, Yhan Rivera, Herson Hoyos and Ricardo Sanchez ("Ricardo") appeal from judgments of conviction and sentence entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Brieant, C.J.) on July 21 and July 27, 1992, following a jury trial, convicting them of narcotics and narcotics-related offenses arising out of conspiracies to import and distribute cocaine. All of the defendants were convicted of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 & 841(b)(1)(A) (1988 & Supp. III 1992). In addition, Ricardo and Wilson were convicted of conspiracy to import into the United States more than 500 grams of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(a)(1) & 963 (1988), of importing cocaine into the United States (two counts), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(a)(1) and 960(b)(2) (1988 & Supp. III 1992), and of knowingly employing a minor to violate the narcotics laws, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 861(a)(1) (1988). The appellants also were convicted of the following offenses: Wilson, on one count of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B); Ricardo, on two counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation 349*349 of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B) and one count of using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c) (1988 & Supp. III 1992); Oscar, on two counts of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(B); Omar, on one count of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C); Romero, on two counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & 841(b)(1)(C); Rivera, on four counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and three counts of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) and 841(b)(1)(C); and Hoyos, of two counts of distributing and possessing with intent to distribute cocaine and two counts of possessing with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(B) & 841(b)(1)(C) and one count of using a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking offense, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c).

Comments

11 F.3d 346 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee,

v.

Claudia WILSON, also known as Claudia Alban; Oscar Sanchez; Omar Sanchez; Ferdinand Romero, also known as Feldi, also known as Samuel Red, also known as Colorado; Yhan Rivera, also known as Lucho, also known as Lucha Lopera, also known as Jesus Maria Lopera Castro, also known as Carlos Herrera; Herson Y. Hoyos, also known as Jessie; Ricardo Sanchez, also known as Richard, also known as Jose Carmelo Perez-Galban, also known as Franklyn Delacruz, Defendants-Appellants.

Nos. 68, 74-80, Dockets 92-1419(L), 92-1400, 92-1420 to 92-1424 and 92-1427.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Argued September 10, 1993.

Decided December 3, 1993.

New York Law School location: File # 1761, Box # 131

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