Source: http://openjurist.org/946/f2d/902/united-states-v-vaccaro
Timestamp: 2013-12-08 23:37:04
Document Index: 756779155

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 846', '§ 841', '§ 856', '§ 1952', '§ 924', '§ 846', '§ 841']

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946 F2d 902 United States v. Vaccaro 946 F.2d 902
UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.Dwight Christian VACCARO, Defendant-Appellant.
No. 89-6317.
Oct. 11, 1991.
Defendant-appellant Dwight Christian Vaccaro allegedly participated in a scheme in which young women would fly from Oklahoma City to Los Angeles carrying cash provided by defendant and others, transfer the cash to defendant's brother, Kendrick, in return for cocaine, and return to Oklahoma City with the cocaine. Defendant and others would then distribute the cocaine in the Oklahoma City area. Also, defendant allegedly manufactured crack cocaine at his residence. Defendant, his brother, and seven others were named in a thirty-count indictment. The indictment included counts for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)A, manufacture of cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), possession with intent to distribute two kilograms of cocaine, id., maintaining premises for cocaine manufacture, 21 U.S.C. § 856(a)(1) & (2), travel act violations, 18 U.S.C. § 1952(1)(3) & (2), and firearms possession, 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1). At trial, twenty-six of the counts were submitted to the jury. The jury convicted on the conspiracy count, 21 U.S.C. § 846, the possession count, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and the manufacturing count, id., but acquitted on the remaining twenty-three counts.
Defendant contends that (1) the evidence was insufficient to support the three convictions, and (2) his due process rights were violated in the sentencing stage. We affirm the conspiracy and manufacture convictions; however, we reverse the possession conviction for lack of sufficient evidence. The case is remanded