United States v. Curbelo, No. 10-14665 (11th Cir. 2013)
Annotate this CaseDefendant challenged his conviction and sentence for conspiracy to manufacture and possess marijuana with the intent to distribute, as well as the substantive crime of manufacturing and possessing marijuana with intent to distribute. The court concluded that defendant was aware before trial that the Government used GPS tracking, but did not challenge the tracking. Therefore, the court would not set aside defendant's waiver of his suppression claim. The court also concluded that counsel was not ineffective for failing to file a meritless suppression motion; the evidence was sufficient to support the sentencing enhancement for conspiracy involving more than 1,000 marijuana plants; the admission of translated transcripts of the wiretaps through a co-conspirator's testimony did not violate the Confrontation Clause; and the district court did not err in denying defendant's request to submit the forfeiture allegations to a jury. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment of the district court.
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