U.S. v. PALMER-CONTRERAS

No. 87-1966.

835 F.2d 15 (1987)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Eligio PALMER-CONTRERAS and Jose A. Casanova Ortiz, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1987.

Consideration Denied February 23, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Luis F. Abreu Elias, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Salixto Medina-Malave, Asst. U.S. Atty., Santurce, P.R., Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., and Jorge L. Arroyo, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, Chief Judge, COFFIN and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


Consideration In Banc Denied February 23, 1988.

PER CURIAM.

Defendants appeal from the denial of pretrial bail. We review the background.

At the detention hearing, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Rodriguez testified as follows. Based on intelligence information provided by United States Customs, surveillance was conducted of a pier at Las Croabas, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. On October 1, 1987 at 11:15 p.m., a 23-foot boat was observed coming...

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