U.S. v. RAMIREZ

Nos. 89-1698 to 89-1703.

884 F.2d 1524 (1989)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Daniel Phisco RAMIREZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Jairo VANEGAS-ORTIZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Jose Victor SANTIAGO-ESCOBAR, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Roberto PIEDRAHITA-SANTIAGO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Anibal PELAEZ-ESCOBAR, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Reyes CARDALES-BARRIOS, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 15, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose C. Romo Matienzo, Hato Rey, P.R., for appellant Daniel Phisco Ramirez.

John E. Mudd, San Juan, P.R., for appellant Jairo Vanegas Ortiz.

Luis Roberto Santos, Mayaguez, P.R., for appellant Jose Victor Santiago-Escobar.

Luis A. Medina Torres, for appellant Roberto Piedrahita-Santiago.

Yolanda Collazo Rodriguez, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant Anibal Pelaez-Escobar.

Luis Rafael Rivera, for appellant Reyes Cardales-Barrios.

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

Before BOWNES, TORRUELLA and SELYA, Circuit Judges.


BOWNES, Circuit Judge.

These are six appeals from an order of the district court denying defendants' motions to dismiss the indictment on the grounds that continuing the trial would violate their rights against double jeopardy. We stayed the trial pending resolution of the double jeopardy issue. See Abney v. United States, 431 U.S. 651, 662, 97 S.Ct. 2034, 2041, 52 L.Ed.2d 651 (1977).

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