United States v. Maravilla, 907 F. 2d 216 (1st Cir. 1990) is a case dealing with the suppression of evidence. The Court affirmed convictions of former Customs officers for robbery-related offenses in connection with the murder of a money courier, holding that there was no abuse of discretion in admitting evidence a defendant had tried to have the barrel on his weapon changed. The effort to replace the barrel suggested an effort to eliminate features of the weapon that might have linked it with a bullet found in or near the victim's body, which suggested a consciousness of guilt. The Court also opined that there is no requirement that the prosecution introduce the much stronger evidence of the gun and the bullet, particularly since there was no showing the the government ever found a bullet.
GREGORY CHANDLER, Attorney at Law
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