U.S. v. MORENO MORALES

Nos. 85-1433, 85-1461 to 85-1465 and 85-1493 to 85-1495.

815 F.2d 725 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael MORENO MORALES, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Angel PEREZ CASILLAS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jaime QUILES HERNANDEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Rafael TORRES MARRERO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan BRUNO GONZALEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nelson GONZALEZ PEREZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William COLON BERRIOS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose RIOS POLANCO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Nazario MATEO ESPADA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 19, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Arias, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Rafael Moreno Morales.

Francisco M. Dolz Sanchez, San Juan P.R., for appellants Angel Perez Casillas, Jaime Quiles Hernandez, Rafael Torres Marrero, Juan Bruno Gonzalez, Nelson Gonzalez Perez, Jose Rios Polanco and Nazario Mateo Espada.

David W. Roman, First Asst. Federal Public Defender, with whom Gerardo Ortiz del Rivero, Federal Public Defender, San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for appellant William Colon Berrios.

Dennis J. Dimsey, with whom Walter W. Barnett, Dept. of Justice, Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D.C., and Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., were on brief, for appellee.

Before LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge, and PETTINE, Senior District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.

On July 25, 1978, Arnaldo Dario Rosado and Carlos Soto Arrivi were shot and killed by police on a mountain site in Puerto Rico known as Cerro Maravilla. The two men, both of whom were members of the Puerto Rico independence movement (independentistas), had gone to Cerro Maravilla apparently intending to blow up or otherwise sabotage a television tower located on the mountain. The police reported after the event that Rosado and Soto...

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