UNITED STATES v. ACEVEDO-RAMOS

No. 84-2056.

755 F.2d 203 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hector ACEVEDO-RAMOS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 25, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Kunstler, New York City, and Luis F. Abreu Elias, Hato Rey, P.R., for defendant, appellant.

H. Manuel Hernandez, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., for appellee.

Before BREYER, ALDRICH, and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


BREYER, Circuit Judge.

The appellant, Hector Acevedo Ramos, is now in custody under the authority of the new Bail Act, 18 U.S.C. §§ 3141 et seq., which allows detention pending trial of persons whose release would pose a serious threat to "the safety" of any other person or "the community". Id. § 3142(e). This appeal does not raise the central question of the constitutionality of the Act's new "preventive detention" provisions, as Acevedo...

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