United States v. Adorno-Molina, No. 13-1065 (1st Cir. 2014)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was involved in a wide-ranging drug trafficking organization. After a trial, in which she was tried alone, Appellant was found guilty of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to launder money. The district court sentenced Appellant to 121 months’ imprisonment as to each count, to be served concurrently. The First Circuit affirmed the convictions and sentence, holding (1) the evidence was sufficient to support the drug conspiracy conviction; (2) Appellant’s argument that the money laundering conviction should be vacated pursuant to United States v. Santos because the government failed to prove that the monies laundered were net profits of drug-trafficking failed because the government needed only to prove that the laundered funds were gross revenues; (3) the district court did not err when it gave a willful blindness instruction to the jury; and (4) the district court did not plainly err when it relied on the money laundering proceeds to establish a base offense level at sentencing.
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