Legal Opinion
United States v. Hernandez-Favale
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 16, 1998No. 97-1944PublishedCited by 61 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Tried on a three-count indictment, defendant-appellant Edwin Hernandez-Favale (Hernandez) prevailed on two. He now seeks a clean sweep. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his conviction.
I. BACKGROUND
We present the facts in the light most congenial to the guilty verdict, consistent with record support. See United States v. Maraj, 947 F.2d 520, 522-23 (1st Cir.1991).
In the early evening of January 30, 1996, Juan Carlos Lado, driving a Nissan sports car, stopped at a traffic light in the Isla Verde section of San Juan, Puerto Rico. A stranger poked a gun (described as a…
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