U.S. v. CRUZADO-LAUREANO

No. 02-2658.

404 F.3d 470 (2005)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan M. CRUZADO-LAUREANO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 5, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander Zeno for appellant.

Thomas Klumper, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom H.S. García, U.S. Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant U.S. Attorney and Senior Appellate Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

On January 8, 2001, Juan Manuel Cruzado Laureano, sometimes called "Manny" for short, took office as mayor of Vega Alta, one of Puerto Rico's municipalities. On January 25, 2002, a federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment that charged him with a number of crimes tied to abuse of his public office, including extortion, embezzlement, theft, money laundering, and witness tampering. After a fourteen...

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