Legal Opinion
United States v. Felix Montas
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 7, 1994No. 94-1264PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
Hector Julio Felix Montas appeals his conviction after jury trial for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He raises three issues: the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict, the appropriateness of the district judge’s conduct during the trial, and the admission of expert testimony concerning the use of false names by airplane drug couriers. While we are given pause by some aspects of the case, we conclude that there is no reversible error.
Background
On June 30, 1993, a dog used by a' United States Customs K-9 unit detected drugs in two…
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