U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
United States v. Santiago-Colon
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- Type
- Opinion
- Filed
- Feb. 28, 2019
- Case
- United States v. Santiago-Colon
- Case status
- Decided
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TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge. The United States appeals the district court's order granting David Santiago-Colón's ("Santiago") motion to suppress identification evidence, giving preclusive effect to a Puerto Rico Court of Appeals's order suppressing this same evidence in a local proceeding for different offenses. According to the district court, inasmuch as Puerto Rico and the United State…
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