U.S. v. CANDELARIO-SANTANA

Nos. 13-2139, 13-2427.

834 F.3d 8 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alexis CANDELARIO-SANTANA, and David Oquendo-Rivas, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

August 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. Black , Springfield, MA, for appellant Candelario-Santana.

Linda Backiel , for appellant Oquendo-Rivas.

Jenny C. Ellickson , U.S. Department of Justice, Criminal Division, Appellate Section, with whom Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, and Sung-Hee Suh , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Torruella and Selya, Circuit Judges.


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