U.S. v. SANTIAGO

Nos. 07-1575, 07-1718, 07-1728, 07-2017.

560 F.3d 62 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julio Carrion SANTIAGO, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Pedro Miranda, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Juan Nunez, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Jose O. Rodriguez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Janet Hetherwick Pumphrey, by appointment of the court, for appellant Julio Carrion Santiago.

John F. Palmer, by appointment of the court, and Law Office of John F. Palmer on brief for appellant Pedro Miranda.

Roger Witkin, by appointment of the court, for appellant Juan Nunez.

Robert L. Sheketoff, by appointment of the court, for appellant Jose O. Rodriguez.

Daniel Steven Goodman, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, Department of Justice, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and William F. Bloomer, Assistant United States Attorney, were on consolidated brief for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from the convictions of five co-defendants (only four seek review) on drug conspiracy charges and (as to one defendant) on associated firearms charges. We begin with a brief summary of the background and proceedings and return later to the evidence pertinent to sufficiency claims and to other trial and sentencing claims raised by the defendants.

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