U.S. v. MANSO-PORTES

No. 87-2875.

838 F.2d 889 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Armando MANSO-PORTES and Carlos Luis Picon, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1987.

Opinion January 14, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Rosenthal, Bobbie McGee Gregg, Asst. U.S. Attys., Anton R. Valukas, U.S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Stephen M. Komie, Komie & Associates, Raymond D. Pijon, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FLAUM, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Armando Manso-Portes and Carlos Luis Picon have been convicted of distributing cocaine and are awaiting sentencing. The district judge enlarged them on small bonds pending sentencing, and the government has taken this appeal (pending which the district court stayed the release). We reverse the decision. The defendants should remain incarcerated pending imposition of sentence.

The district court essentially concluded that because the defendants...

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