Opinion ID: 596393
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: The Prior Lehder-Rivas Indictment

Text: 2 On September 18, 1981, Reed, Carlos Enrique Lehder-Rivas (Lehder) and two co-defendants were charged in an eleven count indictment. Count One charged Lehder and Reed with engaging in a conspiracy to import cocaine from June 1978 to September 1980 in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. 1 Counts Two through Eleven charged Lehder with nine acts of importing and possessing cocaine with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 841 and with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 848. Reed was arrested in Panama on February 7, 1987. Following seven months of testimony, a jury returned guilty verdicts on all counts. Reed was sentenced on July 20, 1988 to fifteen years imprisonment and fined $25,000. Lehder was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole to be served consecutively with 120 years imprisonment. He was also fined $100,000 and ordered to forfeit his property. The convictions of both Reed and Lehder were affirmed upon appeal. United States v. Lehder-Rivas, 955 F.2d 1510 (11th Cir.1992) (Lehder/Reed trial).