UNITED STATES v. ARIZA-IBARRA

Nos. 78-1125, 78-1229.

605 F.2d 1216 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Teodoro ARIZA-IBARRA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alvaro RODRIGUEZ AMADOR, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Young, New York City, with whom Goldberger, Feldman & Dubin, New York City, was on brief for appellant Teodoro Ariza-Ibarra.

Carlos Perez Olivo, San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellant Alvaro Rodriguez Amador.

Justo Arenas Fernandez, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., with whom Julio Morales Sanchez, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., was on brief for appellee.

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


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Teodoro Ariza-Ibarra, a Colombian, and Alvaro Rodriguez Amador, a Spanish citizen resident in Puerto Rico, were convicted by a jury in the federal district court of Puerto Rico of conspiracy to import 50,000 pounds of marijuana and 25 kilos of cocaine from Colombia into the United States. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 963.

As portrayed by the prosecution, Ariza was a Colombia-based supplier of drugs, while Rodriguez...

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