UNITED STATES v. LESPIER

Nos. 77-1346, 77-1347.

601 F.2d 22 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Santiago Panzardi LESPIER, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose Eduardo Panzardi ALVAREZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos Perez Olivo, San Juan, P. R., for defendants, appellants.

Daniel F. Lopez Romo, 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, Circuit Judge, JAMESON, Senior District Judge.


JAMESON, District Judge:

Appellants, Santiago Panzardi Lespier and Jose Eduardo Panzardi Alvarez, were convicted of willfully and knowingly, and, with intent to defraud the United States, smuggling and clandestinely introducing into the United States merchandise which should have been invoiced, i. e., 234 cases of liquor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 545.1 The sole question presented on this appeal is whether the district...

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