United States v. Pablo Guerra and Manuel Rivera

KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

After a trial to the Court without a jury, appellants Pablo Guerra and Manuel Rivera were convicted of unlawfully selling narcotics, and of participating in a conspiracy to do so; in addition, Guerra was convicted of assaulting a narcotics agent with a deadly weapon. On appeal, no challenge is made to the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the convictions, but appellants raise several arguments relating to the fairness of the trial, and the propriety of several of the Court’s rulings therein.

Since the sufficiency of the evidence is conceded, the government’s proof…