U.S. v. SANCHEZ-BERRIOS

Nos. 03-2333, 03-2334, 03-2335.

424 F.3d 65 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Edgardo SÁNCHEZ-BERRÍOS, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. José Cotto-Latorre, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. David Cruz-Pagán, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 20, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juan M. Masini-Soler on brief for appellant Sánchez-Berríos.

Lenore Glaser on brief for appellant Cotto-Latorre.

Alan D. Campbell on brief for appellant Cruz-Pagán.

H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa and Lisa Snell-Rivera, Assistant United States Attorneys, on brief for the United States.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, SELYA, Circuit Judge, and SILER, Senior Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

These appeals evolve from a reverse sting operation designed to ferret out police corruption. The defendants, all law enforcement officers who greedily took the bait, were found guilty by a jury on a myriad of charges and thereafter sentenced to lengthy prison terms. In this venue, they variously challenge the district court's stewardship of the trial, their convictions, and their sentences. Concluding, as we do, that their asseverational array...

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