UNITED STATES v. DEL PRADO-MONTERO

Nos. 83-1817 to 83-1819, 83-1828 to 83-1830.

740 F.2d 113 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julian DEL PRADO-MONTERO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Felix Alejandro Quinones ARBOLEDA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gilberto GARCIA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jorge Eliecer Salazar LOBO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alberto HURTADO-MICOLTA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Wilfredo GARCIA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1984.

Certiorari Denied November 13 and November 26, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eduardo Caballero Reyes, Hato Rey, P.R., for Julian Del Prado-Montero.

Jose A. Fuentes Agostini, Old San Juan, P.R., with whom Law Offices of Benjamin Acosta, Jr., San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for Felix Alejandro Quinones Arboleda.

Jorge Toledo, San Juan, P.R., for Gilberto Garcia.

Miguel T. Morales Adames, Hato Rey, P.R., by appointment of the Court, for Jorge Eliecer Salazar Lobo.

Jorge Miranda, Hato Rey, P.R., by appointment of the Court, for Alberto Hurtado-Micolta.

Juan G. Casasnovas, Hato Rey, P.R., for Wilfredo Garcia.

Ricardo R. Pesquera-Annexy, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before COFFIN and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals by six defendants convicted by a jury of aiding and abetting each other to possess some 57,265 pounds of marijuana with intent to distribute. 18 U.S.C. § 2; 21 U.S.C. §§ 955a(a) and 955a(f). All were acquitted of another count charging possession with intent to import into the United States. All challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and the validity of their sentences. Other errors are also alleged...

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