U.S. v. RIVERA-HERNANDEZ

No. 06-1355.

497 F.3d 71 (2007)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Miguel RIVERA-HERNÁNDEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 3, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José R. Gaztambide, with whom Lizabel M. Negrón were on brief, for appellant.

Nelson J. Pérez-Sosa, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, SELYA, Senior Circuit Judge, and TASHIMA, Senior Circuit Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

On May 12, 2003, Miguel Rivera-Hernández, the Puerto Rico Administrator for the Administración de Instituciones Juveniles ("AIJ") from 1993 until May 1999, was indicted on charges of extortion and money laundering. A jury acquitted him of the extortion charge but convicted him of money laundering. After the jury rendered its verdict, Rivera-Hernández moved to set it aside, arguing that the Government had not submitted sufficient...

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