U.S. v. ALICEA-CARDOZA

No. 97-1139.

132 F.3d 1 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis A. ALICEA-CARDOZA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Anglada-Lopez, Hato Rey, PR, for appellant.

Miguel A. Pereira-Castillo, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Washington, DC, and Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

A cocaine distribution conspiracy out of the Virgilio Dávila Public Housing Project in Bayamon, Puerto Rico led to the indictment of thirty-six defendants. Twenty-five pled guilty either before trial or shortly after trial started. Eight defendants were tried to verdict, five were acquitted.

Luis Alicea-Cardoza, nicknamed "Burbuja", was one of the three convicted and now appeals. His main contention is that the jury, confronted with...

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