Legal Opinion
United States v. Morales-Machuca
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 17, 2008No. 06-1283, 07-1001PublishedCited by 84 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
David Morales-Machuca (“Morales”) and Quester Sterling-Suárez (“Sterling”) were indicted by a federal grand jury on multiple counts relating to an armored car robbery in which a security guard was killed. After an eight-day jury trial, both Morales and Sterling were found guilty as to all charged counts. They were each sentenced to life terms of imprisonment. Morales now appeals his conviction and sentence on various grounds. Sterling appeals only his sentence. After careful consideration of the defendants’ various arguments, we affirm.
I. Background
Morales challenges…
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