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| subject_name =Rogelio Galvan Chavez
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| date_of_birth =[[July 9]], [[1972]]| place_of_birth =Mexico
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His trial before [[U.S. District Court]] Judge [[Casey Rodgers]] began on [[February 4]], [[2008]]. The prosecution depicted Galvan Chavez as a drug kingpin connected with the Mexican [[Wikipedia:Gulf Cartel|Gulf Cartel]].<ref name="guilty">"Business owner guilty on all counts." ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 12, 2008.</ref> Defense attorney [[Michael Griffin]] noted that, during the 10-month investigation, his client was never seen completing a drug deal, but prosecutors focused their case on conspiracy rather than distribution. "He used all of the co-defendants to get his drugs out on the street," said Assistant U.S. Attorney [[David Goldberg]]. "This case is about an organization. This case is about organized crime."<ref>"Trial begins in suspected restaurant drug ring." ''Pensacola News Journal'', February 5, 2008.</ref>
Galvan Chavez was found guilty on all four counts by a jury on [[February 11]].<ref name="guilty"/> He was sentenced to life in prison on [[April 30]].<ref>"Restaurateur gets life." ''Pensacola News Journal'', April 30, 2008.</ref>
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