U.S. v. ALVERIO-MELÉNDEZ

Nos. 09-2269, 09-2277.

640 F.3d 412 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alexis ALVERIO-MELÉNDEZ, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Armando Gómez-Ortiz, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 1, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond L. Sánchez-Maceira , for appellant Alverio.

Antonio Bauzá-Torres , with whom Rubén Morales , were on brief for appellant Gómez.

Mariana Bauzá , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

Alexis Alverio-Meléndez ("Alverio") and Armando Gómez-Ortiz ("Gómez") challenge their convictions for (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine and (2) aiding and abetting in the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Gómez argues that the evidence was insufficient to convict him on either count; Alverio challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him on the firearm...

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