United States First Circuit

A conviction for distribution of five or more grams of cocaine base is affirmed over claims of error regarding admission of the evidence, sufficiency of the evidence, and a challenge to the jury composition. Defendant's sentence is vacated pursuant to a Booker claim of error.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/06/2006
• Published 01/06/2006

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA and LYNCH, Circuit Judges, and Smith, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• William Maselli for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• F. Mark Terison, Senior Litigation Counsel, with whom Paula D. Silsby, United States Attorney, was on brief, for appellee.