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- Title: United States v. Garcia
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
- Release Date : January 04, 1993
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 72 KB
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BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge. Defendants Pablo Garcia and Jose Garcia (no relation) were tried jointly and convicted by a jury in federal district court for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of Title 21 U.S.C. § 846. On appeal, defendants-appellants both argue: (1) that the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions; (2) that the district Judge erred in vacating the magistrate's order compelling the attendance of the government's confidential informant at a suppression hearing; and (3) that the district Judge erred in failing to suppress certain evidence. In addition, defendant Pablo Garcia argues that the district Judge erred in admitting evidence of his prior arrest pursuant to Fed. R. Evid. 404(b). We affirm. I.