United States First Circuit

Conviction and sentence for conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute are affirmed over defendant's arguments that the district court: 1) should have suppressed his third confession; 2) mistakenly admitted suppressed evidence at trial; 3) misled the jury in responding to a question regarding witness testimony; 4) erroneously failed to enter a judgment of acquittal; and 5) improperly found that Stark did not qualify for a safety valve sentence reduction.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/16/2007
• Published 08/16/2007

Judges

• FUSTÉ, District Judge., Before TORRUELLA and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges, and FUSTÉ, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Melvin Norris, with whom Richard J. Farrell, Jr., was on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael J. Burstein, Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, with whom Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, and Jennifer Hay Zacks, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for appellee.