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U.S. v. FLECHA-MALDONADO

No. 02-2404.

373 F.3d 170 (2004)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Miguel A. FLECHA-MALDONADO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 28, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Cicilline, for appellant.

David Rivera, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Sonia I. Torres-Pabón, Assistant U.S. Attorney, and H.S. Garcia, U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Miguel A. Flecha-Maldonado, a former officer of the Puerto Rico Police Department, was corrupted by the lure of drug money. After being caught in an FBI sting operation transporting what he believed to be cocaine for a Columbian drug trafficker, he was convicted by a jury of three federal crimes. He now appeals these convictions. We affirm. In doing so, we discuss several practices in federal criminal prosecutions in Puerto Rico that we discourage...

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