U.S. v. SANTIAGO

Nos. 86-1245, 86-1246.

828 F.2d 866 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Rosa SANTIAGO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Ariel SANTIAGO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha R. Reeves, Brookline, Mass., by appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Rosa Santiago.

Frank D. Inserni, Hato Rey, P.R., by appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Ariel Santiago.

Antonio R. Bazan, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief for plaintiff, appellee.

Before COFFIN, BOWNES and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal arises from a conviction for the importation and the possession with intent to distribute cocaine under 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 841(a)(1) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

I. Background

On November 9, 1985, a United States customs agent observed Manuel Flores disembarking from a cruise ship in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The agent, his suspicions aroused by the man's...

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