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U.S. v. BELLO

No. 98-1831.

194 F.3d 18 (1999)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Jesus BELLO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgardo Rodríguez-Quilichini, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, was on brief, for appellant.

Desirée Laborde-Sanfiorenzo, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco and Camille Vélez-Rivé, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Jesús Bello appeals his conviction and sentence for assaulting a fellow prisoner in the Metropolitan Detention Center in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico ("MDC-Guaynabo") in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 113(a)(6). Bello claims that the court erred in taking judicial notice of the jurisdictional element of the offense, namely, that MDC-Guaynabo was within the territorial jurisdiction of the United States. He also claims that the court erred in refusing...

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