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United States v. Miguel A. Flecha-Maldonado

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided June 28, 2004No. 02-2404PublishedCited by 41 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Miguel A. Flecha-Maldonado, a former officer of the Puerto Rico Police Department, was corrupted by the lure of drug money. After being caught in an FBI sting operation transporting what he believed to be cocaine for a Columbian drug trafficker, he was convicted by a jury of three federal crimes. He now appeals these convictions. We affirm. In doing so, we discuss several practices in federal criminal prosecutions in Puerto Rico that we discourage.

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For approximately one year, the FBI investigated widespread corruption within the Puerto Rico Police Department in an…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Koon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1996
  2. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  3. Morris v. SlappySupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. TeeterCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2001
  5. United States v. SaccocciaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995

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3Cited by41 opinions

  1. United States v. Rodriguez-MarreroCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2004
  2. United States v. Gary Lee SampsonCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007
  3. United States v. Santiago-MendezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2012
  4. United States v. Delgado-HernandezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2005
  5. United States v. Caraballo-RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2007

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