Free Status Report - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1 :06-cr-00031-JJF Document 61 Filed 12/01 /2006 Page 1 of 2
g M, ,,__ _ U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney ’s O_;j'ice
District of Delaware
Nemours Building (302) 5 73-62 77
_ 1007 Orange Street, Suite 700 FAX (302) 573-6220
V P. O. Box 2046
V . Wilmington, Delaware 19899-2046
l l l December 1, 2006 an
- Honorable Joseph J. F arnan, Jr.
United States District Court
if J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building
844 King Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Re: United States v. Francisco Barrera—Lopez, Salvador Martinez—Torres, and Jose
Luis Becerra-Yepez
Criminal Action No. 06-31-JJF
Dear Judge Farnan: -
l This letter is submitted as a status report.
The major count of the Indictment is conspiracy to distribute 5 kilograms of cocaine, punishable by
` a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years incarceration. All 3 codefendants were made a plea offer to
simple conspiracy to distribute, which carries no mandatory minimum sentence.
Defendant Bezerra-Yepez, represented by Joseph Benson, Esq., has pled guilty and is pending
sentencing. -
. I ‘ Defendant Barrera-Lopez twice has been scheduled to enter a guilty plea and both times changed his ·
mind shortly before the hearing. On November 30, 2006, his counsel, Jose Ongay, Esq., left me a voice
message, explaining that his client did not want to be the first ofthe 3 codefendants to enter a guilty plea, but
_ A will enter a guilty plea now that Becerra-Yepez has pled guilty.
` Defendant Francisco Barrera—Lopez, represented by Christopher Koyste, Esq., rejects the plea offer
and has an outstanding motion for a Starks hearing concerning his pre—arrest, recorded conversations with an 1
undercover police officer and an informant, and a motion to suppress the defendantfs post—arrest confession.
No motion has been tiled to suppress the 5 kilograms of cocaine seized from the presence of the defendant I
at the time of his arrest, but the defendant’s motion requested leave to file additional motions.

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` Respectfully submitted,
COLM F. CONNOLLY l
United States Attorney
- I By: /s/ Edmond Fal owski
. Edmond Falgowski
Assistant United States Attorney
I pc: Jose Ongay, Esquire (via Telefax) -
Joseph Benson, Esq
Christopher Koyste, Esq.
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Enclosure