United States v. Luis Alicea Estrella

Appellant Luis Alicea Estrella 1 was convicted in the district court of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin. He raises three issues in seeking reversal, none of which we find persuasive: the non-disclosure of an informant’s identity; an alleged variance in the crimes charged in the arrest warrant and the indictment; and the sufficiency of the evidence in regard to Alicea’s possession of the narcotics.

The evidence at trial would permit a jury to believe that Alicea distributed drugs through two accomplices, Santiago and Anastasio Bonilla Rivera. On the morning of…