United States v. Aguero Alvarado, No. 13-14843 (11th Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseDefendant, employed as an undercover confidential information (CI) for the DEA, was convicted of conspiracy to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine with knowledge that it would be imported into the United States. Defendant's conviction related to his involvement in a conspiracy to trade weapons in exchange for obtaining large quantities of cocaine. The court concluded that the district court did not err in refusing to instruct the jury to consider whether defendant had acted under public authority in committing his offense; in any event, the court found no harm to defendant as a result of the district court's failure to offer this additional instruction; and the district court did not err in modifying defendant's requested innocent intent instruction. The court also concluded that defendant's sentence was substantively reasonable in light of the record and the district court's consideration of the 18 U.S.C. 3553(a) factors. Accordingly, the court affirmed the judgment.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on March 7, 2023.
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