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- Title: United States v. Garrison
- Author : Eleventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 22, 1998
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 82 KB
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Appellants Maria Varona and Adrian Pielago were jointly indicted, along with two others, in a multi-count indictment. After a one-week trial, a jury found Varona and Pielago guilty of conspiring to possess cocaine with the intent to distribute it in violation of 21 U.S.C. §Â§ 841(a)(1) and 846. They appeal their convictions and sentences. We reject Varonas sentence arguments without Discussion, see 11th Cir. Rule 36-1, but two of her conviction-related arguments do warrant Discussion, although not acceptance. She contends that the indictment against her should have been dismissed, because the government used her immunized statements to obtain it. She also contends that her conviction must be reversed, because the governments presentation of certain evidence against her at trial violated the proffer agreement. We reject her first contention as devoid of merit, and her second one because she failed to raise the issue in the district court. We do not believe that there was any error involving the proffer agreement, and we are convinced there was no plain error.