U.S. v. Maldonado

Record contained sufficient evidence to support defendants’ drug conspiracy convictions, even though defendants argued that record showed existence of only buyer-seller relationship among three individuals. Record showed that: (1) two defendants had long-term relationship in which one defendant on numerous occasions sold and fronted large amounts of cocaine to other defendant; and (2) both defendants occasionally cooperated with each other where one defendant negotiated drug deal while other defendant took delivery of drugs, and where both defendants checked quality of drugs and used same vehicle to transport drugs. Fact that one defendant did not trust other defendant did not require different result. Also, jury could find existence of second drug conspiracy concerning one defendant and third defendant based on same shared cooperation in drugs sales and drug processing, and that existence of second drug conspiracy did not preclude jury from finding that all three defendants shared common objective for larger drug conspiracy.