United States First Circuit

Defendants' sentences for drug offenses are affirmed over claims that: 1) for purposes of a drug quantity determination, defendants never intended to buy one hundred kilos and they lacked the financial capacity to do so; and 2) the district court erred in imposing a two-level sentence enhancement for obstruction of justice based on their testimony at trial.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/13/2009
• Published 02/13/2009

Judges

• BOUDIN, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, SILER  and HOWARD, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Johnny Rivera-Gonzalez, by appointment of the court, for appellant Rodrigo Campusano., Angela G. Lehman, by appointment of the court, for appellant Jaime Pinillos.


• For Appellees:
  
• Germán A. Rieckehoff, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief for appellee., Luke Cass, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief for appellee.