Legal Opinion
United States v. Espinal-Almeida
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 14, 2012No. 10-1086, 10-1090, 10-1134, 10-1440PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.
An undercover United States Customs Task Force operation involving efforts on land, at sea, and in the air, ended with the arrests of the defendants, Saturnino Tatis-Núñez (“Tatis”), César Hernández-De la Rosa (“Hernández”), Carlos Espinal-Almeida (“Espinal”), and Jacobo Peguero-Carela (“Peguero”). Each was indicted on, and ultimately convicted of, one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and one count of conspiracy to import, 418 kilograms of cocaine. They all appeal, raising a myriad of challenges that span jury voir dire to sentencing. After…
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