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Maine - UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. RAMÓN DELLOSANTOS, a/k/a RAMÓN DELOSANTOS, a/k/a RAMÓN DELASSANTOS, a/k/a RAMÓN SANTOS, a/k/a MONSTRITO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. RICHARD W. SZPYT, a/k/a ZIP, Defendant, Appellant. On October 22, 2008, appellants Ramón Dellosantos and Richard W. Szpyt (collectively "the Defendants"), together with sixteen other individuals,1 were charged in a multiple-count superseding indictment. Count 1 alleged that all individuals (including the Defendants), in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, "in the District of Maine and elsewhere . . . knowingly and intentionally conspired with one another and with others . . . to commit offenses against the United States, namely, distribution and possession with intent to distribute controlled substances, including 5 kilograms or more of cocaine, and marijuana, and did aid and abet such conduct." A trial followed, in which a jury found Szpyt and Dellosantos guilty of the conduct charged in Count 1. Szpyt and Dellosantos appealed.2
