UNITED STATES v. REME

No. 83-5076.

738 F.2d 1156 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fritznel REME and Fritz Pierrot, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearings Denied October 23 and November 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis A. Fors, Miami, Fla., court appointed, for Reme.

Jose Batista, Reemberto Diaz, Hialeah, Fla., for Pierrott.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Michael W. Burnbaum, Linda Collins-Hertz, Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Appellants Reme and Pierrot are two Haitian nationals who arrived in this country by boat along with approximately 80 of their countrymen. They were convicted by a jury on 14 counts of transporting the other Haitians to this country and on one count of conspiring to do so. They appeal, and Pierrot also challenges his sentence. We affirm the convictions but vacate Pierrot's sentence and remand to the district judge for a new sentencing hearing...

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