U.S. v. MERCADO-FLORES

No. 15-1859.

872 F.3d 25 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Jorge MERCADO-FLORES, Defendant, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

September 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Taddei , Attorney, Appellate Section, Criminal Division, United States Department of Justice, with whom Leslie R. Caldwell , Assistant Attorney General, Sung-Hee Suh , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Nelson J. Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellant.

Lisa Aidlin for appellee.

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


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