U.S. v. SANTANA-DONES

No. 17-1930, No. 17-1970, No. 17-2103, No. 17-2113.

920 F.3d 70 (2019)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hugo SANTANA-DONES, t/n Rafael Jose Ventura, a/k/a Raffi, a/k/a Rafael Ventura, a/k/a Hugo Santana, a/k/a Wilthron Flores, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Elvis Genao, a/k/a Cocolo, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Felix Melendez, a/k/a Felo, a/k/a Felito, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Osvaldo Vasquez, a/k/a Chu Chu, a/k/a Anthony Christopher, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen A. Pickett , Boston, MA, and Pickett Law Offices, P.C. on brief for appellant Santana-Dones.

Leslie W. O'Brien , Boston, MA, on brief for appellant Genao.

Alan Jay Black , Springfield, MA, on brief for appellant Melendez.

Marie Theriault on brief for appellant Vasquez.

Andrew E. Lelling , United States Attorney, and Alexia R. De Vincentis , Assistant United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Lynch, Selya, and Boudin, Circuit Judges.


For the most part, these consolidated appeals turn on a single issue: whether the district court erred in concluding that the court which issued the wiretap warrant could have found the facts in the application to be at least minimally adequate to support the issuance of the warrant. We resolve that issue favorably to the government...

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