United States v. Stewart-Carrasquillo, No. 18-2247 (1st Cir. 2021)
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The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court convicting Defendants - James Stewart-Carrasquillo and Harold Esquilin-Montanez - of various narcotics offenses, holding that the evidence was sufficient to support the verdicts and that there was no prejudicial error.
Specifically, the First Circuit held (1) the evidence was sufficient to sustain Defendants' convictions for, inter alia, aiding and abetting the possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance onboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; (2) the district court did not commit reversible error by excluding a demonstrative aid in the form of a videotaped "reenactment"; and (3) a misstatement made by the prosecutor during closing argument did not constitute reversible error.
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