Legal Opinion
United States v. Rivera-Ruperto
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 13, 2017No. 12-2364PPublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of a now-familiar, large-scale FBI investigation known as “Operation Guard Shack,” in which the FBI, in an effort to root out police corruption throughout Puerto Rico, orchestrated a series of staged drug deals over the course of several years.1 For his participation in six of these Operation Guard Shack drug deals, Defendant-Appellant Wendell Rivera-Ruperto stood two trials and was found guilty of various federal drug and fírearms-related crimes. The convictions resulted in Rivera-Ruperto receiving a combined sentence of 161-years and 10-months’…
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