Legal Opinion
United States v. Luis Mercado
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 16, 2005No. 04-1656PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Following a two-day trial, a jury convicted defendant Luis Mercado of being a felon in possession of a firearm, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g). The district court sentenced him to 120 months in prison and three years of supervised release under the then-mandatory United States Sentencing Guidelines. He now appeals his conviction, assigning error to the cross-examination of a defense witness regarding her delay in coming forward with allegedly exculpatory information, and to the district court’s refusal to instruct the jury on “fleeting” possession. For the first time on appeal,…
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