Legal Opinion
United States v. Monserrate-Valentin
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 6, 2013No. 10-1526, 10-2164PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Following a fourteen-day jury trial in the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico, Defendants-Appellants Luis Monserrate-Valentin (“Monserrate”) and Javier Figueroa-Vega (“Figueroa”) were convicted of participating in a conspiracy to commit armed robbery on a number of armored trucks in Puerto Rico, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). Figueroa and Monserrate were subsequently sentenced to 72 and 54 months’ imprisonment, respectively. They both appeal their convictions, arguing that the evidence presented by the government at trial failed to prove that…
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