UNITED STATES v. FLORES-QUIÑONES

Nos. 18-2029 18-2030.

985 F.3d 128 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael J. FLORES-QUIÑONES, a/k/a Popeye, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

January 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tanaira Padilla-Rodríguez on brief for appellant.

Gregory B. Conner , Assistant United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Lynch and Barron, Circuit Judges.


In 2018, police saw Rafael J. Flores-Quiñones ("Flores"), who was on supervised release for a drug-trafficking conviction, shooting an assault rifle from his car window outside a restaurant/pub ("pub") in Canóvanas, Puerto Rico. After Flores fled from the police, the officers found a loaded assault rifle on the seat...

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