Civil Rights
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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.
Read US v. Alfonso-Reyes, No. 06-1484
Appellate Information
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Decided January 25, 2010
Judges
Before: Lynch, Chief Judge, Gajarsa and Lipez, Circuit Judges
Opinion by Circuit Judge Gajarsa
Counsel
For Appellant: Raymond L. Sanchez Maciera, Rachel Brill
For Appellee: Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Velez, Nelson Perez-Sosa
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