US v. Cartagena, No. 08-2177

Conviction of defendant for drug-trafficking conspiracy is affirmed where: 1) district court did not err in concluding that the omission or misstatement of information of an informant's activities did not provide grounds for suppression; and 2) district court did not abuse its discretion in refusing to require the government to produce documents containing identifying information as to the other informants.   

Read US v. Cartagena, No. 08-2177

Appellate Information

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Decided January 29, 2010

Judges

Before:  Lynch, Chief Judge, Stahl, and Torrella, Circuit Judges

Opinion by  Circuit Judge Torruella

Counsel

For Appellant:  Alan D. Rose, Rose, Chinitz & Rose

For Appellee:    Kelly Begg Lawrence, Assistant United States Attorney,  Michael K. Loucks, Acting United States Attorney