Legal Opinion
United States v. Rivera-Figueroa
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 5, 1998No. 96-1112, 96-1290, 96-1291 and 96-1292PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
Three appellants were convicted of federal offenses growing out of a 1994 carjacking and murder in Puerto Rico and now appeal their convictions and sentences. A fourth appellant, who pled guilty to a single offense, seeks review of his sentence. We begin with a condensed version of the facts, taken in the light most favorable to the verdict. United States v. Bergodere, 40 F.3d 512, 518 (1st Cir.1994), cert. denied, 514 U.S. 1055, 115 S.Ct. 1439, 131 L.Ed.2d 318 (1995).
The appellants in this case are David Garcia-Beltran, Rafael Rivera, Miguel Collazo and Jose…
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