UNITED STATES v. GARRAWAY

No. 20-1073, No. 20-1074.

18 F.4th 33 (2021)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Raymond Alexander GARRAWAY, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Cordwell Nathaniel Bennett, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 15, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

José B. Vélez Goveo for appellants.

José B. Vélez Goveo , with whom Vélez & Vélez Law Office were on brief, for appellant Raymond Alexander Garraway.

Jorge E. Rivera-Ortíz on brief for appellant Cordwell Nathaniel Bennett.

Javier Alberto Sinha , with whom W. Stephen Muldrow , United States Attorney, Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte , Assistant United States Attorney, and Francisco A. Besosa-Martinez , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, LIPEZ, and BARRON, Circuit Judges.


Raymond Alexander Garraway and Cordwell Nathaniel Bennett, convicted at trial for possession with intent to distribute marijuana, successfully moved for a mistrial on the basis of improper arguments made by the prosecution at closing. The government now seeks to retry them, and Garraway and Bennett moved to dismiss, arguing...

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