Legal Opinion
United States v. Vazquez Rivera
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 21, 1996No. 95-2186PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Defendant Reynaldo Vazquez Rivera was convicted of carjacking in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2119. He claims that the district court committed two errors: first, by allowing the jury to hear evidence that he raped the carjacking victim and, second, by increasing his sentence based on a finding that the rape constituted “serious bodily injury” within the meaning of the statute’s enhancement provision. 1
The admissibility issue is close. We ultimately have been persuaded, however, that the prejudicial impact of the rape evidence did not substantially outweigh its…
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