U.S. v. CACHO-BONILLA

Nos. 02-1393, 02-1394.

404 F.3d 84 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Flor De Maria CACHO-BONILLA, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Waldemar Perez-Quintana, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 14, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael Castro-Lang, with whom Jorge L. Arroyo-Alejandro was on consolidated brief for appellant Waldemar Perez-Quintana.

Jorge L. Arroyo-Alejandro, by appointment of the court, with whom Rafael Castro-Lang was on consolidated brief for appellant Flor De Maria Cacho-Bonilla.

Nina Goodman, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, Department of Justice, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, was on brief for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and FUSTE, District Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

The defendants-appellants — Flor de Maria Cacho Bonilla ("Cacho") and Waldemar Perez Quintana ("Perez") — were convicted by a jury of offenses relating to the misuse of program funds provided by the federal government. The background events and transactions are complex but we will set the stage with a brief version, reserving details for the discussion of specific claims of error.

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