U.S. v. BRAND

Nos. 94-1350, 94-1351 and 94-1352.

80 F.3d 560 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Rodrigo BRAND, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Felix APONTE-VELAZQUEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Carmelo PULLIZA-DELGADO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Goldberger with whom James H. Feldman, Jr., Pamela A. Wilk, Alan Ellis and Law Offices of Alan Ellis, P.C. were on brief for appellant Felix Aponte-Velazquez.

Graham A. Castillo Pagan with whom Luis Rafael Rivera was on brief for appellants Rodrigo Brand and Carmelo Pulliza-Delgado.

Luis Rafael Rivera with whom Graham A. Castillo Pagan was on brief for appellants Rodrigo Brand and Carmelo Pulliza-Delgado.

Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Juan A. Pedrosa, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judges.


ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Appellants Aponte, Pulliza, and Brand raise several claims of error on appeal of their convictions for various substantive offenses in connection with a cocaine importation and distribution scheme. Finding none meritorious, we affirm.

I. Reconstruction of Trial Record

After persistent efforts by appellate counsel to obtain a complete trial transcript, the trial court determined that certain portions —...

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