U.S. v. VEGA-SANTIAGO

No. 06-1558.

519 F.3d 14 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Manuel A. VEGA-SANTIAGO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnny Rivera-Gonzáles, for appellant.

Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and DICLERICO, JR., Senior District Judge.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

In 2005, a federal jury convicted Manuel Vega-Santiago ("Vega") of armed carjacking and related weapons charges. The district court imposed two consecutive ten-year sentences. On appeal, Vega contests his conviction on multiple grounds: the victims' identification of him was tainted and improperly admitted; the court erred in allowing testimony concerning his confession, which he claims was involuntarily...

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