United States First Circuit

Conviction and sentence of defendant on drug trafficking conspiracy and money laundering charges related to her involvement in a wide-ranging drug trafficking organization (DTO) is affirmed, where: 1) the record contains ample circumstantial evidence to demonstrate that defendant knew she was assisting the DTO through her actions in procuring vehicles; 2) the money laundering charge stands because the government only needed to prove that the laundered funds were gross revenues of the DTO, which plaintiff concedes; 3) the district court did not err in giving a willful blindness instruction; and 4) the district court's calculation of the amount of laundered funds attributed to defendant for purposes of sentencing was a "reasonable estimate" and, therefore, there was no plain error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/19/2014
• Published 12/19/2014

Judges

• Lipez

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel