U.S. v. RODRÍGUEZ-ADORNO

No. 11-1050.

695 F.3d 32 (2012)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Augustín RODRÍGUEZ-ADORNO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 17, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lydia J. Lizarribar-Masini , for appellant.

Vernon Benet Miles , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodriguez-Velez , United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa and Julia M. Meconiates , Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellee.

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


LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Augustín Rodríguez-Adorno appeals his conviction in the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico of conspiracy to commit a carjacking and aiding and abetting an attempted carjacking resulting in a death. He raises three challenges to his conviction: (1) the government presented inappropriate and prejudicial overview testimony from a Federal Bureau of Investigation ("FBI") agent at the outset of its case...

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