U.S. v. Bustamante-Conchas, No. 15-2025 (10th Cir.) (850 F.3d 1130) (March 3, 2017) (Judge Carlos Lucero)
Loaded on May 15, 2017
published in Punch and Jurists
May 15, 2017
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Plain Error.
The Defendant in this case, Miguel Bustamante-Conchas, was indicted on two drug distribution charges and a charge of possession of a firearm during and in relation to a drug-trafficking crime. He was convicted by a jury of both drug charges, but the district court dismissed the gun charge at …
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