United States v. Carela, No. 14-1194 (1st Cir. 2015)
Annotate this CaseAfter a second trial, Defendant was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine and possession with intent to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine. Defendant was sentenced to 196 months of incarceration. The First Circuit affirmed Defendant’s conviction and sentence, holding (1) it was not plain error for the district court to admit an unexecuted draft contract into evidence; (2) the district judge did not err by commenting on the draft contract; (3) there was no violation of the Jones Act, and Defendant suffered no prejudice in the admission of English testimony peppered with Spanish colloquialisms; (4) the prosecutor’s closing and rebuttal arguments did not constitute prosecutorial misconduct; and (5) Defendant’s sentence was neither procedurally nor substantively unreasonable.
The court issued a subsequent related opinion or order on November 25, 2015.
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