U.S. v. GRAJALES-MONTOYA

Nos. 96-1788, 96-2016 and 96-2018.

117 F.3d 356 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gustavo GRAJALES-MONTOYA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Elisa DELUCA, Also Known as Elisa Maldonado, Also Known as Elisa Kaukereit, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. George A. DELUCA, Also Known as Poppy, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 26, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerilyn Lipe, argued, St. Louis, MO (Jane C. Hogan, on the brief), for Gustavo Grajales-Montoya.

John A. Klosterman, St. Louis, MO, for Elisa Deluca.

Nathan Z. Dershowitz, New York City (Bradford Kessler and Alan S. Cohen, St. Louis, MO, on the brief) for George Deluca.

Stephen Holtshouser, argued, Asst. U.S. Atty., St. Louis, MO, for appellee.

Before FAGG, Circuit Judge, HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

All three defendants in a narcotics conspiracy trial appeal their convictions; two of them appeal their sentences. We affirm in all respects.

I.

After a five-and-a-half-week trial, a jury convicted Elisa Deluca, George Deluca, and Gustavo Grajales-Montoya on various charges relating to the operation of a multistate cocaine and heroin ring. The jury found all three defendants guilty of conspiring to distribute...

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