U.S. v. MEISES

Nos. 09-2235, 09-2239.

645 F.3d 5 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan A. MEISES, a/k/a David Vazquez-Coss, a/k/A Juan A. Mieses, and Jose L. Reyes-Guerrero, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Heard November 3, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leslie W. O'Brien for appellant Reyes-Guerrero.

Rafael F. Castro Lang for appellant Meises.

Courtney L. Coker , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez , United States Attorney, Nelson Perez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LIPEZ, LEVAL, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Appellants Juan Mieses1 and Jose Reyes-Guerrero were arrested in a reverse sting operation after they drove to a sham drug deal, with a third co-defendant, in a vehicle containing $100,000 in cash.2 A jury found both appellants guilty of a single drug conspiracy count. On appeal, the pair claim that their convictions must be vacated because of three significant errors at trial: (1) the...

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