U.S. v. CORPUS

Nos. 88-1383 — 88-1391.

882 F.2d 546 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose CORPUS, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Marcos SEGUNDO-JUVINAO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Luis GONZALEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Orlando TORO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eliezer VALDERIANQUES, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose DE LOS SANTOS-HIMITOLA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walber MEZA-NAVARRO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Pedro GUERRERO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alfonso GONZALEZ, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 8, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nydia Maria Diaz-Buxo, Caguas, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for defendants, appellants Walber Meza-Navarro, Jose De Los Santos-Himitola and Alfonso Gonzalez.

Nydia Maria Diaz-Buxo, Caguas, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, on brief for defendant, appellant Pedro Guerrero.

Ayxa Rey Diaz, Hato Rey, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Luis Gonzalez.

Julia M. Garriga, by Appointment of the Court, for defendants, appellants Orlando Toro and Eliezer Valderianques.

Julia M. Garriga, by Appointment of the Court, on brief for appellant Marcos Segundo-Juvinao.

William Arias, by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Jose Corpus.

Luis A. Plaza, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief for U.S.

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


CAFFREY, Senior District Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal on behalf of nine defendants who were the captain and crew of the Panamanian-registered vessel COLOSO II. After a two-day jury trial, the defendants were found guilty of aiding and abetting the possession of marijuana, with an intent to distribute it, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2 and 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903(a) (recodifying 21 U.S.C. § 955a).1 Defendants appeal from...

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