United States v. Rodriguez-Martinez, No. 13-1633 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAppellants Jose Luis Rodriguez-Martinez (Rodriguez) and Joel Santini-Mendez (Santini) were convicted of aiding and abetting the attempted possession of narcotics with intent to distribute and aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime. Rodriguez separately pled guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. On appeal, Rodriguez challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support the convictions for attempted possession of drugs with intent to distribute and the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking offense, and Santini challenged the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction for possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. The First Circuit reversed the challenged convictions, holding that the government failed to produce sufficient evidence from which a rational jury could conclude that that government proved each element of those crimes beyond a reasonable doubt.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on April 24, 2015.
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