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Parties Involved:
Marco Cesar Retta-Reyes
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 14-41337

Conference Calendar

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

MARCO CESAR RETTA-REYES,

Defendant-Appellant

Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Southern District of Texas

USDC No. 7:14-CR-416-1

Before DAVIS, JONES, and HIGGINSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Appealing the judgment in a criminal case, Marco Cesar Retta-Reyes 

raises an argument that he concedes is foreclosed by United States v. 

Betancourt, 586 F.3d 303, 308-09 (5th Cir. 2009), which held that knowledge 

of drug type and quantity is not an element of a 21 U.S.C. § 841 offense.

Knowledge of drug type and quantity likewise is not an element of offenses 

under the related statutes of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) and § 960(a). See United States 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

June 16, 2015

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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v. Valencia-Gonzales, 172 F.3d 344, 345-46 (5th Cir. 1999); United States v. 

Restrepo-Granda, 575 F.2d 524, 527 (5th Cir. 1978). The unopposed motion for 

summary disposition is GRANTED, and the judgment of the district court is 

AFFIRMED.

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