U.S. v. MONTAS

No. 94-1264.

41 F.3d 775 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hector Julio Felix MONTAS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 7, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro Lang, for appellant.

Esther Castro Schmidt, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Guillermo Gil, U.S. Atty., and Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Sr. Litigation Counsel, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, COFFIN and CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

Hector Julio Felix Montas appeals his conviction after jury trial for possession with intent to distribute cocaine. He raises three issues: the sufficiency of the evidence to support the jury verdict, the appropriateness of the district judge's conduct during the trial, and the admission of expert testimony concerning the use of false names by airplane drug couriers. While we are given pause by some aspects of the case, we conclude that...

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