Legal Opinion
United States v. García-Álvarez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 4, 2008No. Nos. 07-1471, 07-1697PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Following a jury trial, Ángel García-Ál-varez (“García”) was convicted of carjacking and firearms offenses. Thereafter, the district court denied his motion for new trial, finding that the evidence it was premised on was not newly discovered. Garcia now appeals his conviction on sufficiency and evidentiary grounds, and challenges the denial of his motion for a new trial- Following a careful review, we reject all of Garcia’s claims and affirm the district court.
I. Background
A. Facts
As Garcia challenges the sufficiency of the evidence proffered against him, we recite…
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