Opinion ID: 609734
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 7

Heading: Joseph Gilberti

Text: 43 Gilberti argues that evidence of isolated sales of cocaine from Callahan or Scott to Gilberti is not sufficient to convict Gilberti of participation in a conspiracy to distribute. The evidence, however, showed more than mere isolated sales; it showed that Gilberti was another cog in the Callahan/Innamorati machine. 44 Scott testified that he delivered cocaine to Gilberti for Callahan in 1986, generally in one to two-ounce quantities. He testified that he made approximately 25 to 50 deliveries of this nature to Gilberti over a six-month period, including one four-ounce delivery. Callahan confirmed that Gilberti was one of the individuals to whom he delivered cocaine. Gilberti developed a code with Scott and Callahan so that he could order drugs over the telephone without detection; he would refer to green buckets of paint when ordering marijuana, and white buckets of paint when requesting cocaine. 45 There was also evidence that the distribution of the cocaine did not end when it reached Gilberti. Scott testified that he gave Gilberti drug distribution paraphernalia--including a scale, ziploc bags and other packaging, and sudocaine, a product used to mix with cocaine--and showed Gilberti how to use these items. Callahan testified that Gilberti told him that he, Gilberti, had been distributing cocaine to an individual named Ricky Green. The evidence was adequate to support Gilberti's conviction for conspiracy and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. The same evidence supported the forfeiture of Gilberti's property under 21 U.S.C. § 853, since his only challenge to that forfeiture is that the evidence underlying the conspiracy conviction was deficient.