UNITED STATES v. MARCANO-GARCIA

No. 78-1499.

622 F.2d 12 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pablo MARCANO-GARCIA, and Nydia Cuevas-Rivera, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 29, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro J. Varela, Hato Rey, P. R., for appellants.

William C. Bryson, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Jose A. Quiles, U. S. Atty., Old San Juan, P. R., and Daniel Lopez Romo, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge.


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

Appellants in this case, Pablo Marcano-Garcia and Nydia Cuevas-Rivera, claiming infringement on the full spectrum of rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights, seek reversal of their convictions in the district court for the District of Puerto Rico for kidnapping and assaulting a foreign official and making extortionate demands in connection with those acts.

On the afternoon of June 3, 1978, appellants entered the Chilean Consulate in San...

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