U.S. v. ALEXANDER

Nos. 88-1081, 88-1082.

868 F.2d 492 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. David ALEXANDER, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Everton KNIGHT, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo Adolfo Del Toro, by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Everton Knight.

Frank Pola, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant David Alexander.

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Asst. U.S. Atty., Crim. Div., San Juan, P.R., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for the United States.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants were convicted of several charges arising out of the attempted burglary of a supermarket in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. They raise a number of alleged errors on appeal, none of which we find to merit reversal.

I.

The facts, viewed in the light most favorable to the government, are as follows.1 Late on the night of July 19, 1986, a police officer sitting in his car in the parking lot of the...

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