United States First Circuit

Convictions of defendants for defrauding the Farm Service Agency (FSA) of emergency loans and incentives to qualified farmers following the damage inflicted on the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico by a hurricane is affirmed where: 1) evidence is sufficient to support defendants' convictions; 2) district court did not abuse its discretion by instructing the jury on sentencing enhancements; 3) district court did not abuse its discretion in its pre-trial disqualification of a defendant's attorney; 4) district court's imposition of a 27-month sentence defendant is not unreasonable; and 5) district court did not err in awarding a four-point leadership role enhancement on the other defendant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/25/2010
• Published 01/25/2010

Judges

• GAJARSA, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, GAJARSA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Raymond L. Sanchez Maciera, for Appellant Alfonzo-Reyes., Rachel Brill, for Appellant Morales-Hernández.


• For Appellees:
  
• Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Velez, with whom Nelson Perez-Sosa was on the brief, for Appellee.