U.S. v. ALICEA

No. 98-1766.

205 F.3d 480 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jaime Rivera ALICEA, a/k/a Pito Pachanga, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vilma Maria Dapena, by appointment of the court, for appellant.

Jeanette Mercado-Rios, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco and Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellee.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

A jury found defendant-appellant Jaime Rivera-Alicea guilty of various offenses arising out of a surveilled drug transaction and ensuing chase. Rivera-Alicea appeals, challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the internal consistency of the verdict, the jury instructions, certain sentence-related rulings, and the denial of his motion for a new trial. Discerning no error, we affirm.

We present the facts in the light most favorable to...

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