United States First Circuit

In this case, defendants were convicted of aiding and abetting the attempted possession of narcotics with intent to distribute, aiding and abetting the possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime, and separately, defendant Rodriguez plead guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm. Defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to support their various convictions. The judgment is reversed as to Rodriguez' two aiding and abetting charges and as to defendant Santini's possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug-trafficking crime charge, where the government failed to product sufficient evidence from which a rational jury could conclude that there was a relationship between the respective contraband possessed by Santini and Rodriguez.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/20/2015
• Published 02/20/2015

Judges

• Lipez

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel