Legal Opinion
United States v. Acosta-Colón
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 18, 2013No. Nos. 10-1076, 10-1099, 10-1115, 10-1875, 10-2466PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
Overview
Today we deal with the fallout from a deadly drug conspiracy in Puerto Rico involving a small army of criminals affiliated with “the Combo of Dr. Pila” (from now on, “the Combo”), a vicious gang named after a local housing project where members ran one of their many drug points. The five defendants whose joint trial led to these consolidated appeals are Acosta, Fournier, Castillo, Rodríguez, and Guzmán (their full names and aliases appear in our case caption).
A federal grand jury indicted each of them for conspiring to possess and distribute illegal drugs…
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