UNITED STATES v. ROBLEDO CUEVAS (2019)

Victor Manuel Robledo-Cuevas was convicted of conspiracy to import 5 kilograms and more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine and of importation of 5 kilograms and more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, and he was sentenced within the guidelines range to concurrent 57-month terms of imprisonment and to concurrent three-year periods of supervised release. In this appeal, he argues that the factual basis is insufficient to support his conviction because it does not establish that he knew the type and quantity of drugs involved with his offense. He concedes that this argument is foreclosed by United States v. Betancourt, 586 F.3d 303, 308-09 (5th Cir. 2009), and he has filed an unopposed motion for summary disposition based on Betancourt.

As Robledo-Cuevas acknowledges, Betancourt reiterated that a defendant’s knowledge of the type and quantity of drugs is not an element of a federal drug offense. Id. This case thus forecloses his argument concerning the necessity of the factual basis establishing his knowledge of the type and quantity of drugs involved with his offense. See id. His motion for summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.

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PER CURIAM:* FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.