U.S. v. AYALA-GARCIA

Nos. 07-2129, 07-2130.

574 F.3d 5 (2009)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cristian AYALA-GARCÍA, José Luis Alicea-Cotto, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 24, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Millán, for appellant Ayala-García.

Jorge E. Rivera-Ortíz, for appellant Alicea-Cotto.

George A. Massucco La Taif, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez, United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before BOUDIN, HANSEN, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Appellant José Luis Alicea-Cotto appeals his conviction on drug distribution and firearms charges, and appellant Cristian Ayala-García appeals his conviction on a single firearms charge stemming from the same incident. Both men claim that the evidence presented at their joint trial was insufficient to support their convictions and that statements made by the prosecutor during rebuttal, including a suggestion that the defendants were...

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