Case Name: UNITED STATES of America, v. Jose Henry MONTANO-BETANCOURT, Appellant
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2002-06-14
Citations: 36 F. App'x 501
Docket Number: No. 01-3155
Parties: UNITED STATES of America, v. Jose Henry MONTANO-BETANCOURT, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 36
Pages: 501–501

Head Matter:
UNITED STATES of America, v. Jose Henry MONTANO-BETANCOURT, Appellant.
No. 01-3155.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Submitted April 22, 2002.
Decided June 14, 2002.
Before SCIRICA, RENDELL, and NOONAN, Circuit Judges.
The Honorable John T. Noonan, Jr., United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Judicial Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.
This is a sentencing appeal. Defendant Jose Henry Montano-Betancourt, who pled guilty to conspiring to import heroin, contends the District Court erred in sentencing him under U.S.S.G. 2D1.1(c). Montano-Betancourt contends the District Court should not have held him accountable for the full 1.78 kilograms of heroin seized in Ecuador. Our review is for clear error. United States v. Gibbs, 190 F.3d 188, 197 (3d Cir.1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1131, 120 S.Ct. 969, 145 L.Ed.2d 840 (2000). Here, two DEA reports (Government Exhibits 1 and 2) stated that the weight of the heroin seized was 1.78 kilograms and that the couriers intercepted carrying this heroin intended to deliver all the contraband to one contact (an undercover agent) in the United States. Montano-Betancourt was actively engaged in the transportation of this 1.78 kilograms of heroin from Ecuador. He managed the drug couriers involved and provided them with funds for travel expenses. Thus, the District Court did not clearly err in sentencing the defendant for more than one kilogram of heroin under U.S.S.G. 2D1.1(c).
For these reasons, the judgment of conviction and sentence will be affirmed.