UNITED STATES v. PARRILLA BONILLA

Nos. 79-1462, 79-1479, 79-1528 and 79-1533.

626 F.2d 177 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Antulio PARRILLA BONILLA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Judith BERKAN, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Salvador TIO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. William Andres TREVATHAN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Anduze Montano, Santurce, P. R., Roberto Buso Aboy, San Juan, P. R., Alvaro R. Calderon, Hato Rey, P. R., Michael Ratner, Doris Peterson, Margaret Ratner, and Jose Antonio Lugo, New York City, on motion for remand and disqualification for appellants.

Raymond L. Acosta, U. S. Atty., and Alberto Tellechea, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., in opposition to motion for remand and disqualification for appellee.

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


COFFIN, Chief Judge.

The sole issue presented by this motion is whether the trial judge abused his discretion in refusing to disqualify himself from ruling on appellants' motion for a new trial.1 Finding that he did not, we affirm his ruling and remand for a decision on the motion for a new trial.

After a non-jury trial, appellants were convicted of trespassing on military property in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1382. While their...

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