United States v. Gilbert Rivera and Albert Saul Platt

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• holding that a factfinder’s witness- credibility decision may not be disturbed unless the witness’s testimony was unbelievable on its face
• noting that defendant made calls “simply to find out whether any sales had been made,” not to facilitate the sales
• noting that defendant made calls “simply to find out whether any sales had been made,” not to facilitate the sales
• giving a similar definition of “facilitation” in the context of proving a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 843(b), which concerns the knowing and intentional use of a communications facility to facilitate the commission of a narcotics offense
• rejecting defense argument that witness’ perjurious character, previous felonious acts, other evidence which undermined his testimony, and preferential treatment provided by the prosecutors rendered the testimony incredible as a matter of law
• testimony must assert \facts that [the witness] physically could not have possibly observed or events that could not have occurred under the laws of nature\

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