United States First Circuit

District court's decision revoking supervised release and sentencing defendant to a further term in prison following his arrest for allegedly shooting at an officer, is set aside and remanded where, given the relatively weak evidence, district court's decision is undermined by reliance on guesswork regarding the event.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/05/2009
• Published 11/05/2009

Judges

• BOUDIN, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Héctor L. Ramos-Vega, Assistant Federal Public Defender, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, was on brief for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Julia M. Meconiates, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief Appellate Division, were on brief for appellee.