Sufficiency of Evidence

By: Derek Hawkins//October 31, 2017//

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7^th Circuit Court of Appeals

Case Name: United States of America v. Vincente Quiroz

Case No.: 16-3510; 16-3518

Officials: MANION, KANNE, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.

Focus: Sufficiency of Evidence

Defendant-Appellant Vicente Quiroz brokered large drug transactions. For his role in a methamphetamine transaction, he was convicted after a bench trial in January 2015. (Case No. 16-3518.) Then, in a second trial in July of that year, he was convicted by a jury for his role in a marijuana transaction. (Case No. 16-3510.)

In this consolidated appeal from his convictions in both trials, Quiroz argues that the district court improperly admitted his own post-arrest statements and the out-of-court statements of the confidential informant and coconspirators. We disagree, so we affirm both of Quiroz’s convictions.

Affirmed

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Attorney Derek A. Hawkins is the managing partner at Hawkins Law Offices LLC, where he heads up the firm’s startup law practice. He specializes in business formation, corporate governance, intellectual property protection, private equity and venture capital funding and mergers & acquisitions. Check out the website at www.hawkins-lawoffices.com or contact them at 262-737-8825.

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