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U.S. v. HERNANDEZ

Nos. 99-1357, 99-1358.

218 F.3d 58 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. José Ramón HERNÁNDEZ, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Douglas Gorbea Del-Valle, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco M. Dolz-Sánchez for appellant Hernández.

David W. Roman, with whom Brown & Ubarri was on brief, for appellant Gorbea Del-Valle.

Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, CYR, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

In September of 1997, U.S. Customs agents intercepted a container holding cocaine bricks with a street value of close to one billion dollars. The cocaine was amidst cartons of plastic cups. A jury convicted José Ramón Hernández and Douglas Gorbea Del-Valle of various federal offenses associated with a conspiracy to import, possess, and distribute this cocaine. Gorbea claimed to be the owner of the container; Hernández and...

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