United States v. Rivera-Galindez, No. 18-1648 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's convictions for possessing and aiding and abetting the possession of drugs with intent to distribute them and possessing and aiding and abetting the possession of a gun in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, holding that Defendant was not entitled to reversal of his convictions.
On appeal, Defendant challenged four of the trial judge's evidentiary rulings and three jury instructions. The First Circuit affirmed, holding (1) any error in the district court's evidentiary rulings was harmless; and (2) the district court committed no reversible error in its instructions to the jury.
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