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United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 22-1421 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. RAFAEL PINA-NIEVES, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO [Hon. Francisco A. Besosa, U.S. District Judge]

ECKERSTROM, Chief Judge: *475¶ 1 Jesus Pina-Barajas appeals his conviction and sentence for unlawful possession of a deadly weapon by a prohibited possessor, arguing the court should not have precluded his defense of necessity. For the reasons that follow, we affirm. Factual and Procedural History

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 22-1377 JOSE A. RIVERA-PINA; DENISE MALAVE-FONSECA; ELIZABETH BRUNO-ORTEGA; EUNICE A. ROSARIO-ABREU; GUILLERMO E. DE LA CRUZ-ABREU; IRIS N. FLORES-CARABALLO; JAVIER RODRIGUEZ-RODRIGUEZ; JUAN C. ROMANACCE-RODRIGUEZ; LISBETH DE LEON-MARQUEZ; LUZ J. GARCIA-ORTIZ; MARISELA FIGUEROA-VEGA; RICHARD RIVERA-CANALES; ROLANDO A. LOPEZ-SOSA; RUBEN RODRIGUEZ-JIMENEZ; HOWARD DE LEON-ROD

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 23-1609 NEYZA CRUZ-CEDEÑO; SAVIER VÁZQUEZ-OYOLA; NAIDA CEDEÑO-MALDONADO; ABNER CRUZ-CEDEÑO; and AVID CRUZ-CEDEÑO, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. FERNANDO VEGA-MORAL and CONJUGAL PARTNERSHIP VEGA-ROE, Defendants, Appellees, HIMA SAN PABLO BAYAMÓN; HOSPITAL PEDIÁTRICO UNIVERSITARIO DR. ANTONIO ORTÍZ; CENTRO SERV

C. A. 5th Cir. Certiorari denied.

660 F.Supp.2d 196 (2009) Rafael SIERRA-PASCUAL, a/k/a Lito MC Cassidy, Plaintiff, v. PINA RECORDS, INC. et al., Defendants. Civil No. 08-1114 (GAG/BJM). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. September 24, 2009. *198 Francis A. Marquez-San Martin, Monique Guillemard-Noble, Nachman & Guillemard, San Juan, PR, for Plaint

Marshall, J. The defendant, Sebastian R. Pina, Jr., appeals from his conviction of murder in the first degree on a theory of extreme atrocity or cruelty.1 G. L. c. 265, § 1. He challenges the denial of his motion to suppress a statement he made to the police following his arrest. He also challenges the trial judge’s refusal to conduct an individual voir dire of prospective jurors concerning their possi

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 22-1192 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Appellee, v. JOHN MICHAEL RATHBUN, Defendant, Appellant. APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS [Hon. Mark G. Mastroianni, U.S. District Judge]

Saris, C.J. *19INTRODUCTION Pro se petitioner Byron Jones moves under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 to challenge his conviction for drug trafficking on grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. Af

652 F.Supp.2d 140 (2009) Julio F. FEBUS-CRUZ, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Heriberto SAURI-SANTIAGO, et al., Defendants. Civil No. 09-1365 (FAB). United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico. July 23, 2009. Order Denying Reconsideration September 3, 2009. *145 Carlos Del-Valle-Cruz, Rivera & Assoc., Isabela, PR, Ed

United States Court of Appeals For the First Circuit No. 17-1432 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. IDALIA MALDONADO-PEÑA, Defendant, Appellant. No. 17-1551 UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. JUAN RIVERA-GEORGE, a/k/a TIO,

586 F.Supp. 1452 (1984) Ramon Ricardo PINA, Petitioner, v. Robert HENDERSON, Superintendent of Auburn Correctional Facility, Respondent. No. 81 Civ. 626. United States District Court, E.D. New York. May 22, 1984. *1453 Gersten, Savage & Kaplowitz by Richard B. Lind, New York City, for petitioner. Robert Abrams, Atty. G

Case: 13-31078 Document: 00513162268 Page: 1 Date Filed: 08/20/2015 REVISED August 20, 2015 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit No. 13-31078 FILED

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge. Appellants Carlos H. Rivera-Rodríguez and Albert Mercado-Cruz appeal their convictions and sentences on drug possession and distribution charges. Rivera-Rodríguez claims that the district court’s improper questioning of witnesses and its handling of a dispute during closing arguments unfairly prejudiced the jury against him. He further alleges prosecutorial

*519 DURKIN, District Judge. Individuals convicted of sex offenses are required under federal and state law to register as a sex offender with the local law enforcement agency where they reside. Roy Baker has repeatedly chosen to ignore this requirement since the first time he sexually assaulted a woman i

NUMBER 13-05-578-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRIST

785 F.Supp.2d 1177 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Jaime PEREZ, Defendant. No. CR 10-3093-022 JB. United States District Court, D. New Mexico. May 16, 2011. *1178 Kenneth J. Gonzales, United States Attorney, Albuquerque, NM, and Sarah M. Davenport, Elizabeth M. Martinez, Assistant United States Attorneys, United St

791 F.Supp.2d 1082 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Sandra HOLGUIN, Defendant. No. CR 10-3093-006 JB. United States District Court, D. New Mexico. June 2, 2011. *1084 Kenneth J. Gonzales, United States Attorney, Albuquerque, NM, Sarah M. Davenport, Elizabeth M. Martinez, Assistant United States Attorneys, United Sta

TORRUELLA, Chief Judge. Appellants Maritza Cruz-Erazo, Juan R. Gascot-Vazquez, Koral Gascot-Cruz, Juan R. Gascot-Cruz, and Kassandra Jaanai Gascot-Cruz allege that appellees police officers Carlos Javier Rivera-Montañez, Cari Ruiz-Mcanallen, Humberto Thillet-Guzman, Hector Quiñones, Hector Morales-Silva, and John Doe, in their individual and official capacities, engaged in ongoin

OPINION Before WRIGHT and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, District Judge. * KILKENNY, Circuit Judge: Appellant was indicted, tried by a jury, and convicted of conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 371 as charged in Count One and illegal exportation of