Legal Opinion
United States v. Fernandez-Jorge
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 26, 2018No. 15-1900PPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
After a jury trial, Ángel Gabriel Fernández-Jorge, Brian Pérez-Torres, José A. De La Cruz-Vázquez, Edwin Otero-Díaz, Isaías Mendoza-Ortega, Edwin Otero-Márquez, and Rafael Martínez-Trinidad (collectively, the "Defendants") were found guilty of possessing firearms in a school zone. The jury also found Mendoza-Ortega and Otero-Márquez guilty of possessing firearms as convicted felons. All of the Defendants then brought motions for acquittal, but the district court granted only that of Fernández-Jorge. Now, the government appeals the district court's grant of…
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