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UNITED STATES v. VARGAS

No. 78-1502.

606 F.2d 341 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Antonio Gaudino VARGAS et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hector M. Laffitte, Hato Rey, P.R. with whom Laffitte & Dominguez, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for defendants-appellants.

Cynthia L. Attwood, 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 Walter W. Barnett, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, DEVINE, District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants, three Puerto Rican police officials, appeal from an order of the district court denying their motion for a new trial alleging that one of the jurors, Luis A. Colon Torres, had failed to answer applicable voir dire questions that would have disclosed bias or prejudice and was mentally incompetent.

Defendants were convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 2421 by beating and assaulting...

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