UNITED STATES v. RAFAEL PAGÁN-SANTINI

BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

Rafael Pagán Santini (“Pagán”) was indicted in the district court in Puerto Rico for obstruction of justice, 18 U.S.C. § 1503(a) (2000), perjury, id. § 1623(a), subornation of perjury, id. § 1622, and conspiracy to do the above, id. § 371. After a lengthy jury trial in May and June 2003, he was found guilty on all counts and sentenced to 18 months in prison. Now before us is an appeal from that conviction.

Pagán’s own trial followed another trial that is background to the present case. In the late 1990s, while Pagán was serving as executive director of the Puerto Rico…