U.S. v. THOMAS

No. 04-2386.

467 F.3d 49 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jacinta A. THOMAS, a/k/a Jacinta A. Crastoun, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 27, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irma R. Valldejuli, for appellant.

Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríquez-Vélez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and WOODCOCK, District Judge.


WOODCOCK, District Judge.

In 2003, following a five-day jury trial in the United States District Court in Puerto Rico, Jacinta Thomas was found guilty of smuggling and possession of illegal drugs. Concluding that the evidence is sufficient to sustain the verdicts and that the trial court properly refused to allow extrinsic evidence on a collateral matter, we affirm.

I. Statement of Facts

A. Mr. Smalls and the Box of Pink Lady

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