UNITED STATES v. GONZALEZ VARGAS

No. 77-1470.

585 F.2d 546 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Miguel GONZALEZ VARGAS et al., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 19, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro J. Varela, Hato Rey, P. R., on brief for appellants.

Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., and Daniel F. Lopez Romo, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, KUNZIG, Judge, U. S. Court of Claims, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants were convicted of crimes arising out of assaults on federal marshals within a federal courtroom. The only issue they raise on appeal is whether the district judge committed reversible error by limiting appellants to six joint peremptory challenges. By motion of July 21, 1977, appellants each requested six individual peremptory challenges as well as ten joint ones "pursuant to Rule (b) [sic] of the Rules of Criminal Procedure". The government...

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