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UNITED STATES v. SOTO

No. 78-5065.

591 F.2d 1091 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Antonio SOTO, William Villalba, Eddy Lievano, Pastor Alvarez, Rafael Rivero, Alberto Bruno Avila, Francisco Quintana, Gilberto Acosta, Roman Pardon-Gonzalez, Jesus Aniero, Rolando Sosa, Prudencio Martinez, Juan Pedrosa, Carlos Botano and Alberto Cortes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied April 17, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Kogan, Geoffrey C. Fleck, Miami, Fla., for Soto, Villalba, Lievano, Alvarez, Rivero, Avila and Quintana.

Robert L. Moore, Miami, Fla., Richard A. Moore, Miami, Fla., for Acosta.

Donald F. Spain, Miami, Fla., John H. Lipinski, Miami, Fla., for Pardon, Gonzalez, Sosa, Cortes, Botano, Pedrosa, Martinez and Aniero.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Joel C. Fanning, Linda C. Hertz, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from judgments of conviction entered against the appellants after a jury trial. Each of the fifteen appellants was accused and convicted of conspiring to import marijuana into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963 (Count I); conspiring to possess marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (Count II); actual possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21...

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