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U.S. v. SANABRIA

No. 09-2298.

645 F.3d 505 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Felix Morales SANABRIA, a/k/a El Chapo, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 11, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro Lang for appellant.

Timothy R. Henwood , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Thomas F. Klumper , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

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

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Felix Morales Sanabria ("Morales"), a commercial fisherman who goes by the nickname "El Chapo," was convicted on multiple drug trafficking counts following a jury trial and sentenced to fifty years' imprisonment. The conviction related to three separate shipments of drugs, two of cocaine and a third of cocaine, heroin, and ecstasy, brought by boat from the Dominican Republic into Puerto Rico between November 2006 and April 2007. At trial, the...

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