U.S. v. MARTÍNEZ-MEDINA

Nos. 99-1790, 99-1999, 99-2080 and 01-1318.

279 F.3d 105 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Marcos MARTÍNEZ-MEDINA, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Manuel Pérez-Colón, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Angela Ayala-Martínez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith H. Mizner for appellants Manuel Pérez-Colón and Angela Ayala-Martínez.

Law Offices of John E. Bergendahl on brief for appellant Angela Ayala-Martínez.

Irma R. Valldejuli for appellant Marcos Martínez-Medina.

Sonia I. Torres, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Criminal Division, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for the United States.

Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.


BOUDIN, Chief Judge.

This set of appeals grows out of an indictment alleging that the appellants, along with 76 others, were part of a sprawling drug smuggling and distribution network in southwest Puerto Rico between 1994 and 1997. The two-count indictment charged Angela Ayala-Martinez ("Ayala") and Manuel Perez-Colon ("Perez") with conspiracy to possess and distribute multi-kilogram amounts of cocaine, heroin, and marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§...

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