Mejia

*81 MEMORANDUM **

Defendant-appellant Isidro Mejia appeals from a judgment of conviction and sentence for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 , 841(a)(1), possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a)(1), and carrying a firearm during and in relation to a drug trafficking crime, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924 (c). The judgment was entered in the District Court on October 17, 2006, following a jury trial and Mejia’s unsuccessful motion for acquittal. Mejia claims that (1) the District Court erred by precluding him from presenting evidence that the cocaine and gun seized during his arrest were destroyed prior to trial; (2) the District Court erred by preventing him from moving to suppress the cocaine and the gun after trial had commenced; (3) trial counsel was constitutionally ineffective for failing to timely raise the suppression issue; (4) there was insufficient evidence to convict him of the section 924(c) offense; and (5) his 211-month sentence was not reasonable.

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