United States v. Cano-Flores, No. 13-3051 (D.C. Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, a member of the Gulf Cartel and a former Mexican state police officer, was convicted of conspiring to manufacture and distribute cocaine and marijuana for importation into the United States. On appeal, defendant raised numerous challenges to his conviction and sentence. The court rejected all of defendant's challenges except for one exception. The court concluded that the $15 billion forfeiture assessed by the district court must be recalculated under the terms of 21 U.S.C. 853(a)(1), and the court remanded to the district court for that purpose. The court did not reach defendant's argument that the forfeiture constituted an “excessive” fine in violation of the Eighth Amendment, or his contentions that the district court miscalculated the forfeiture under its understanding of section 853(a)(1).
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