United States v. Rivera-Rodriguez

TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Gabriel Rivera-Rodríguez (“RiveraRodríguez”), Excel Muñiz-Massa (“Muñiz-Massa”), Eduardo Pabón-Mandrell (“Pabón-Mandrell”), José Rivera-Moreno (“Rivera-Moreno”), and Christian ArzolaMartinez (“Arzola-Martinez”), (collectively “Appellants”) were convicted by a jury of a drug trafficking conspiracy. Appellants were later sentenced to lengthy prison terms.

On appeal, Appellants challenge both their convictions and sentences. They advance a spate of claims in the process, including challenges to certain evidentiary rulings the district court made, challenges to the…