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UNITED STATES v. QUEJADA-ZURIQUE

Nos. 82-1764 to 82-1768, 82-1782.

708 F.2d 857 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gilberto QUEJADA-ZURIQUE, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Franklin MOSQUEROS-SANCHEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge Miller PAZ-PEREZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis Felipe ROVIRA-CARDONA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Roque GALLOR-ARIZA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Aracelio Raudel Morejon ORTEGA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. Roman, Asst. Federal Public Defender, with whom Gerardo Ortiz Del Rivero, Federal Public Defender, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for Gilberto Quejada-Zurique, Franklin Mosqueros-Sanchez, Jorge Miller Paz-Perez, Luis Felipe Rovira-Cardona and Roque Gallor-Ariza.

Eduardo Caballero Reyes, Hato Rey, P.R., for Aracelio Raudel Morejon Ortega.

Charles E. Fitzwilliam, with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., and Everett M. De Jesus, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for appellee.

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

LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

The six crewmembers of the M/V BENNY appeal from convictions of aiding and abetting the possession, with intent to distribute, of marijuana. See 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a). The captain of the vessel pled guilty to the same charge and received a three-year sentence. Appellants, all Colombian nationals, were found guilty by a jury. Because of the death of the district judge who had presided at their trial, a different judge sentenced...

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