U.S. v. JIMENEZ-PEREZ

Nos. 88-1468 to 88-1471.

869 F.2d 9 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Joaquin JIMENEZ-PEREZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose CABEZA-SOLANO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Melecio PERLAZA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Cristobal GONZALEZ-PARRA, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 6, 1989.

As Amended March 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederic Chardon Dubos, for defendants, appellants Melecio Perlaza and Cristobal Gonzalez-Parra.

Ramon Garcia Garcia, San Juan, P.R., for defendant, appellant Jose Cabeza-Solano.

Lydia Lizarribar-Masini, by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Joaquin Jimenez-Perez.

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., Criminal Div., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., and Jose R. Gaztambide, Asst. U.S. Atty., Rio Piedras, P.R., Criminal Div., were on brief for U.S.

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


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, along with eight codefendants, were indicted by a federal grand jury on charges that, in circumstances subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, they aided and abetted each other in the possession of marijuana on board a vessel on the high seas, intending to distribute the weed. See 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903; 18 U.S.C. § 2. After being found guilty by a petit jury, they...

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