Legal Opinion
United States v. Santos-Soto
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 24, 2015No. 11-2160, 12-1814PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
After a six-day jury trial, Defendants-Appellants Norma Santos-Soto (“Santos”) and Carlos Plaza-Santiago (“Plaza”), former police agents of the Puerto Rico Police, were convicted of conspiracy to injure, oppress, threaten, and intimidate persons in the town of Arecibo in the exercise of their constitutional rights in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 241 (Count 1) and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846 (Count 2). On appeal, they challenge the sufficiency of the evidence supporting their convictions on…
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