UNITED STATES v. SANTOS

Nos. 77-3018, 77-3019, 77-3020, 77-3021, 77-3022, 77-3105 and 77-3106.

588 F.2d 1300 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Anthony T. SANTOS, Anthony C. Cepeda, Tito Naputi, David Lujan, Vicente M. Santos, Pedro Q. Salas, Juan Q. Salas, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 4, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Kerley, Howard Trapp, Frank G. Lujan, Agana, Guam, for defendants-appellants.

Ralph D. Martin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWNING and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and WATERS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants, correctional officers and supervisors at the Guam Territorial Prison, were convicted of depriving certain prisoners of their civil rights in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 242 and of being accessories after the fact, 18 U.S.C. § 3. Appellants were sentenced and then filed timely notices of appeal.

The facts of this case are in some dispute but may be summarized as follows. On Sunday morning, February 29, 1976, eleven prisoners at...

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