United States v. Guerrero-Narvaez, No. 19-2209 (1st Cir. 2022)
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The First Circuit affirmed the judgment of the district court granting the separate post-verdict motions for judgment of acquittal filed by the two defendants in this case, Eddie Guerrero-Narvaez and Kayvan Cartagena-Suarez, holding that there was no error.
After a jury trial, Defendants were convicted of aiding and abetting each other in the commission of a carjacking. Defendants subsequently filed separate post-verdict motions for judgment of acquittal. The district court granted Guerrero-Narvaez's motion, ruling that no reasonable trier of fact could find from the evidence presented at trial that Guerrero-Narvaez possessed the requisite specific intent to violate the federal carjacking statute. The court then granted Cartagena-Suarez's motion as well. The government appealed. The First Circuit affirmed, holding that the evidence did not support the jury's conclusion that Cartagena-Suarez possessed the necessary intent.
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