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U.S. v. NIEVES-CASTANO

No. 06-1517.

480 F.3d 597 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Belen NIEVES-CASTAÑO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco Valcárcel-Fuster, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Hector L. Ramos-Vega, Assistant Federal Public Defender, and Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, were on brief, for appellant.

José Capó-Iriarte, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, and Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and HOWARD, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Belen Nieves-Castaño was convicted of two weapons charges after a jury trial. One conviction was for unlawful possession of a machine gun, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(o), while the second was for the unlawful possession of a firearm in a school zone, see id. § 922(q)(2)(A). This court has not had any prior occasion to construe these statutory provisions in relation to the issues presented by this appeal.

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