United States v. Marvin Jose Ramirez

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• affirming a conviction under § 841(a)(1), stating: “[A]lthough apparently no commercial scheme is involved, [the defendant’s] sharing the cocaine with [his friends] constitutes 6 ‘distribution’ for purposes of 21 U.S.C. s 841(a)(1).”
• no prejudice when information received the morning of trial and defendant could have moved for continuance
• fact that witness for government pled guilty to lesser offense three days after trial not enough to establish a prior agreement
• given circumstances of case, including small dosage in a typical use, distribution shown with five ounces of cocaine
• hold- ing that defendant’s sharing of cocaine with his two companions estab- lished intent to distribute even absent evidence of commercial distribution
• fact that witness for government pled guilty to lesser offense three days after trial not enough to establish a prior agreement

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).