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NUMBER 13-05-578-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRIST

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 17-1432 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. IDALIA MALDONADO-PEÑA, Defendant, Appellant. No. 17-1551 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. JUAN RIVERA-GEORGE, a/k/a TIO,

MEMORANDUM OPINION Re Document No.: 28 RUDOLPH CONTRERAS, United States District Judge Denying Defendant’s Motion to Suppress I. INTRODUCTION Defendant Shantia Hassanshahi is charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the International Economic Emergency Powers Act, 5

POSNER, Circuit Judge. A commodity pool is an investment fund made up of contributions by a number of different investors. The contributions are commingled and used by the commodity pool operator to buy and sell futures contracts. Because commodity pools are common vehicles for fraud, including Ponzi schemes, the Sentencing Commission has ordained a 4-level guidelines sentencing

785 F.Supp.2d 1004 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Edward CHRISTY, Defendant. No. CR 10-1534 JB. United States District Court, D. New Mexico. May 18, 2011. *1007 Kenneth J. Gonzales, United States Attorney, Charlyn E. Rees, Holland S. Kastrin, Assistant United States Attorneys, Albuquerque, NM, for Plaintiff. <

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. Following a four-day jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Hipólito Diaz-Arias was found guilty of conspiring to distribute cocaine, in violation of sections 841(a)(1) and 846 of Title 21 of the United States Code. He received a sentence of 120 months’ imprisonment to be followed by a supervised release term of five years. Diaz-Arias now appeals his conviction

495 F.Supp.2d 92 (2007) UNITED STATES of America v. Cosme Sanchez RAMIREZ, Defendant. No. CR-05-71-B-W. United States District Court, D. Maine. July 3, 2007. *93 David W. Bate, Law Office of David W. Bate, Bangor, ME, for Defendant. F. Todd Lowell, Office of the U.S. Attorney, Bangor, ME, for Plaintiff.

MEMORANDUM*** Francisco Ruiz Martinez, Anthony Zaragoza and Alberto Pina, who were prosecuted for their activities as members of the Columbia Lil’ Cycos (CLCS), appeal their convictions and sentences. Nelson Serrano-Garcia and Hector Rodriguez, also members of CLCS, appeal their sentences only. We affirm the convictions, vacate the sentences of Martinez, Zaragoza and Pina, affirm the sentence of Serrano, a

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-30533 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-02-60101-1- TIMOTHY DEAN SMITH,  ALA Defendant-Appellant. ORDER AND AMENDED  OPINION Appeal from the United

323 F.Supp.2d 606 (2004) UNITED STATES of America, v. Martha STEWART and Peter Bacanovic, Defendants. No. 03 CR.717(MGC). United States District Court, S.D. New York. July 8, 2004. *607 *608 Morvillo, Abramowitz, Grand, Iason & Silberberg, P.C., New York, NY, By: Robert G. Morvillo, John J

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-50244 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v. CR-02-01910-IEG JOSE LUIS RIVERA-SILLAS, ORDER Defendant-Appellant. AMENDING  OPINION AND DENYING

FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  No. 03-50244 Plaintiff-Appellee, D.C. No. v.  CR-02-01910-IEG JOSE LUIS RIVERA-SILLAS, ORDER AND Defendant-Appellant. AMENDED  OPINION Appeal from the United States District Cour

PER CURIAM. Defendant Christopher Alsop appeals his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and multiple counts of distribution of cocaine. Defendant was indicted on October 21, 1998, in a four-count indictment for conspiracy to distribute cocaine base (crack) pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 846, and for unlawful distribution of crack cocaine pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(l)(A)(iii) and (b)(l)(B)(iii).

WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge. Smith appeals from his sentence because of the enhancement imposed by the district court pursuant to the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA), 18 U.S.C. § 924(e). He contends the district court improperly relied on statements made at a no contest plea hearing in concluding that an earlier state burglary conviction qualifies as a “violent felony” for pu

ORDER Our opinion filed on July 15, 2004, and published at 376 F.3d 887, is AMENDED as follows: We withdraw the content of the paragraph on page 893 beginning with “Rivera-Sillas contends that if the Government need not prove that a defendant has knowledge of his presence in the United States, ...” and substitute the following paragraph in its place:

987 F.Supp. 1345 (1997) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Randy Lee BECKWITH, Defendant. No. 97-CR-176 K. United States District Court, D. Utah, Central Division. December 23, 1997. *1346 Laurie J. Sartorio, Asst. U.S. Attorney, Salt Lake City, UT, for Plaintiff. Randy Lee Beckwith, Salt Lake City, UT, pro se.

T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judge: Jose Luis Rivera-Sillas appeals the district court’s denial of his motions to dismiss his underlying indictment. We hold that the district court correctly denied Rivera-Sillas’s motions, and we affirm. *889 I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

HALL, Circuit Judge. Defendants Martha Stewart and Peter Bacanovic appeal from the final judgments of conviction entered July 20, 2004 in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. Following trial before the Honorable Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum, the jury found Stewart and Bacanovic guilty of conspiracy, concealing material information from and making f

STAHL, Circuit Judge. Following a seventeen-day criminal trial, defendants Francis Bonasia, Ralph DeMasi, Ronald Martel, and Robert Papa were convicted by a jury of various charges stemming from the attempted armed robbery of a Brink’s armored truck. On appeal, DeMasi, *1310Martel, and Papa together, and Bonasia individually, raise a series of issues including deni