UNITED STATES v. BELTRAN

Nos. 84-1608, 84-1954 to 84-1965.

761 F.2d 1 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nicolas BELTRAN a/k/a Nicolas Beltran Ramos, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ernesto Sabulon PARRALES-LUCAS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alberto ANGULO-HERNANDEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nestor BURGOS-SALAS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose Vincente CABARCAS-MENDOZA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gustavo HERNANDEZ-CORREA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Andres MARTINEZ-APARICIO GONZALEZ, a/k/a Andres F. Martinez-Gonzalez, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Delmiro NAVARRO-GUZMAN, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eduardo Jose ORTIZ-CASTILLO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julio Cesar CORTESANO-GALLARDO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hernando DE JESUS-FLOREZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Casmiro DIAZ-CASTILLO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan ELLES-MARTINEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell Hilliard and Susan Denenberg, Concord, N.H., for defendant, appellant.

Bruce E. Kenna, U.S. Atty., Concord, N.H., for appellee.

Before BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal on behalf of thirteen defendants who were the crew of the Panamanian-registered vessel LICHFIELD I. After a jury trial, all thirteen defendants were found guilty of one count of possession of a controlled substance with intent to import it into the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 955a(d). Additionally, nine of them were found guilty of one count of conspiracy to import a controlled substance into the United States...

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