U.S. v. WALKER-COUVERTIER

No. 15-1261, No. 15-1267.

860 F.3d 1 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Abraham WALKER-COUVERTIER, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Dean Lugo-Díaz, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ines de Crombrugghe McGillion , with whom Ines McGillion Law Offices, PLLC was on brief, for appellant Walker-Couvertier.

Allison J. Koury , Wayland, MA, for appellant Lugo-Díaz.

Finnuala K. Tessier , Attorney, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Kenneth A. Blanco , Acting Assistant Attorney General, Trevor N. McFadden , Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and José A. Contreras , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Torruella, Selya and Lynch, Circuit Judges.


In these consolidated criminal appeals, the defendants — represented by newly appointed counsel — offer up a salmagundi of arguments. Virtually all of these arguments were either forfeited or waived in the court below. Attempting to reinvent a case on appeal is a tactic that very rarely works — and it does...

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