No. 18-1859

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

Appellee,

v.

JUAN E. SEARY-COLÓN,

Defendant, Appellant.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpí, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Howard, Chief Judge, Thompson and Barron, Circuit Judges.

Johnny Rivera-González for appellant. Seth A. Tremble, Special Assistant United States Attorney, with whom W. Stephen Muldrow, United States Attorney, and Mariana E. Bauzá-Almonte, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, were on brief, for appellee.

May 4, 2021 THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. Defendant-appellant Juan E. Seary-Colón ("Seary") was charged with Hobbs Act robbery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a) (Count One); murdering a person through the use of a firearm during a crime of violence, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(j) (Count Two); possessing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence, in violat