United States v. Medina-Martinez

CARTER, Senior District Judge.

Defendant Julio A. Medina-Martihéz (“Medina”) appeals-from a judgment of the United'States District Court for the'District of Puerto Rico convicting him, after a jury trial, - of one count of conspiracy, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 7(3), 113(a)(3), and 371, and one count of assault, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 7(3), and 113(a)(3). For the reasons set forth below, we affirm Medina’s conviction.

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Because this appeal follows a conviction, we recite the facts in the light most favorable to the verdict. United States v. Gonzalez-Maldonado, 115…