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U.S. v. CASTRO-CAICEDO

No. 13-1046.

775 F.3d 93 (2014)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gustavo CASTRO-CAICEDO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 24, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chauncey B. Wood , with whom Wood & Nathanson, LLP was on brief, for appellant.

Randall E. Kromm , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Carmen M. Ortiz , United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.

James L. Brochin , Jennifer H. Wu , Marques S. Tracy , Laura E. Sedlak , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, and Barry C. Scheck , Karen A. Newirth , Innocence Project, Inc., on brief for Innocence Project, Inc., amicus curiae in support of appellant.

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

Gustavo Castro-Caicedo appeals his conviction and sentence for participating in a conspiracy that sought to send cocaine from Colombia to the United States. His primary objection is that federal agents used a highly suggestive means to prompt a member of the conspiracy to identify him as a confederate, and thus that the government...

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