United States v. Agramonte-Quezada, No. 20-1346 (1st Cir. 2022)
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The First Circuit affirmed Defendant's conviction of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine and one count of importation of cocaine and his sentence of a term of imprisonment of 120 months to be followed by a five-year term of supervised release, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below.
Specifically, the First Circuit held that the district court did not abuse its discretion in (1) admitting evidence, including the testimony of a canine handler that a drug sniffing dog alerted to Defendant vehicle eighteen days prior as "other-acts" evidence pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 404(b); (2) admitting testimony of a Homeland Security Investigations agent about the practices of drug traffickers smuggling drugs into Puerto Rico as that of a lay witness opinion pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 701; and (3) failing sua sponte to order a competency evaluation prior to or during Defendant's sentencing hearing.
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