U.S. v. PAGÁN-FERRER

Nos. 10-1518, 10-1708, 10-1534, 10-1701.

736 F.3d 573 (2013)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Carlos PAGÁN-FERRER, Juan Morales-Rosado, José Pacheco-Cruz, Aaron Vidal-Maldonado, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 22, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul M. Glickman , with whom Glickman Turley LLP, was on brief for appellant Pagán-Ferrer.

Lydia Lizarríbar-Masini , for appellant Morales-Rosado.

Juan A. Pedrosa-Trápaga , with whom Juan A. Pedrosa Law Office, PSC, was on brief for appellant Pacheco-Cruz.

James L. Sultan , with whom Jonathan P. Harwell and Rankin & Sultan, was on brief for appellant Vidal-Maldonado.

Sharon M. McGowan , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, with whom Jessica Dunsay Silver , Attorney, and Thomas E. Pérez, Assistant Attorney General, was on brief for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, LIPEZ and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

A jury convicted four former San Juan Municipal Police Department officers of charges stemming from the excessive use of force against a citizen who was violently beaten to death while in police custody. Appellants, now seeking to challenge their respective convictions and sentences, raise a number of issues on appeal, including one which requires us to examine the relationship between the Ex Post Facto Clause of the Constitution and the...

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