United States v. Franco-Santiago

LYNCH, Chief Judge.

José Franco-Santiago appeals from his federal criminal conviction on April 16, 2010, for being a member of an ongoing conspiracy which engaged in five robberies of businesses in violation of the Hobbs Act from July 2002 through September 2002. He was a police officer with the Puerto Rico police force from 1991 until September 2007, shortly after he was indicted on August 22, 2007, on the conspiracy charge.

At his trial, the government put on evidence sufficient to prove that Franco-Santiago participated in one of the robberies. On August 7, 2002, he assisted in the robbery…