United States v. Rivera-Alicea

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant-appellant Jaime Rivera-Alicea guilty of various offenses arising out of a surveilled drug transaction and ensuing chase. Rivera-Alicea appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the internal consistency of the verdict, the jury instructions, certain sentence-related rulings, and the denial of his motion for a new trial. Discerning no error, we affirm.

We present the facts in the light most favorable to the government, consistent with record support. See United States v. Noah, 130 F.3d 490, 493 (1st Cir.1997). After receiving word from an…