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U.S. v. MOLINARES CHARRIS

Nos. 86-1176 to 86-1179, 86-1181, 86-1182.

822 F.2d 1213 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Orlando MOLINARES CHARRIS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan PIMIENTA REDONDO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Santiago MENESES, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alfredo LOZADA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jaime ISENIA GARCIA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alfredo PUPO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose E. Rossy-Valderrama, San Juan, P.R., on brief, for appellant Orlando Molinares Charris.

Olga M. Shepard, Hato Rey, P.R., for appellant Juan Pimienta Redondo.

Jose M. Ortiz Miller, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for appellant Santiago Meneses.

James D. Noel, Hato Rey, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Alfredo Lozada.

Benito I. Rodriguez Masso, Caguas, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Jaime Isenia Garcia.

Jose A. Fuentes Agostini, by Appointment of the Court, with whom Troncoso & Fuentes-Agostini, San Jose, P.R., was on brief, for appellant Alfredo Pupo.

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

Before BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.

BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are six defendants who were convicted on two counts under 21 U.S.C. § 955a (1982) for possessing marijuana with an intent to distribute it. They were aboard a vessel, which had sailed from Colombia and was intercepted by the Coast Guard near the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Coast Guard found 9,540 pounds of marijuana on board. Appellants contest their two convictions for what they argue was a single offense. They also challenge the...

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