UNITED STATES v. STEWART-CARRASQUILLO

No. 18-2247, No. 19-1008.

997 F.3d 408 (2021)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. James STEWART-CARRASQUILLO, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Harold Esquilin-Montañez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 17, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

María A. Dominguez , with whom McConnell Valdes LLC was on the brief, for appellant Stewart-Carrasquillo.

Jorge L. Gerena-Méndez , for appellant Esquilin-Montañez.

Joshua K. Handell , San Juan, PR, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, and Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Barron and Selya, Circuit Judges, and Katzmann, Judge.


As police intercepted them racing shortly after dawn toward the coast of Ceiba, Puerto Rico, defendants James Stewart-Carrasquillo ("Stewart") and Harold Esquilin-Montañez ("Esquilin") were caught dumping bales of contraband off the side of a turbocharged "fishing" boat loaded, on deck and in plain view, with more than $12...

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