United States v. Jose Luis Lozada-Rivera A/K/A Sealed 1

BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendant-appellant José Luis Lozada-Rivera (“Lozada”) challenges his criminal conviction for conspiracy to distribute cocaine and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute. He raises several issues on appeal, including asserted defects in the trial court’s evidentiary rulings and its instructions to the jury. 1 We address only two of his weightiest claims: that the trial judge erred in admitting into evidence a federal agent’s report containing his version of apparently incriminating statements made by defendant during a post-arrest interview; and that the…