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UNITED STATES v. RIOS RUIZ

No. 77-1127.

579 F.2d 670 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel RIOS RUIZ, a/k/a Junior Rios, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hector M. Laffitte, Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Laffitte & Dominguez, Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for defendant-appellant.

John C. Hoyle, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Julio Morales Sanchez, U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Frank D. Allen, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

The facts giving rise to this case occurred during a drug raid and mass arrest on April 9, 1975, of approximately two hundred persons at the Cuesta Vieja public housing project in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Two of those arrested, Maria Elena Cornier and William F. Pellegrino,1 claimed that they were beaten by defendant-appellant, Angel Rios Ruiz, and a fellow police officer, Cesar A. Mercado Negron. Rios Ruiz and Mercado...

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