Legal Opinion
United States v. Nieves-Canales
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 27, 2015No. 11-2328, 12-1442, 12-2412PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Chief Judge.
Ramón Lanza-Vazquez (“Lanza”), Luis R. Nieves-Canales (“Nieves”), and Rafael Galán-Olavarría (“Galán”), (collectively, “the defendants”), appeal convictions and sentences resulting from their partic ipation in a drug distribution conspiracy. They lodge a litany of challenges covering nearly every aspect of the proceedings below. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.
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We begin by briefly sketching the facts most relevant to our analysis. 1
A. The Drug-Trafficking Operation
This case arises from a drug trafficking operation' at the Jardines de Sellés Housing Project in San…
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