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U.S. v. ELIAS-RIVERA

No. 87-1013.

848 F.2d 16 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Johnny ELIAS-RIVERA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 6, 1988.

Rehearing Denied July 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Anduze-Montano with whom Jose R. Ortiz-Velez, Santurce, P.R., was on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Jorge L. Arroyo, Asst. U.S. Atty., Criminal Div., Old San Juan, P.R., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Key, P.R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Johnny Elias-Rivera (Elias) is an attorney who was charged with embezzlement of funds from two bankrupt estates in which he was appointed as trustee.1 He was convicted on two embezzlement counts, one for each estate. He challenges his embezzlement convictions on the grounds of insufficient evidence. We agree that the evidence was insufficient to establish the essential elements of the embezzlement counts...

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