U.S. v. GOMEZ-PABON

Nos. 88-1613 to 88-1617.

911 F.2d 847 (1990)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Luis E. GOMEZ-PABON, Defendant, Appellant. Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Wilfredo TORRES-MELENDEZ, a/k/a "La Bruja," Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Edwin DELFIN-TORRES, a/k/a "Wichi," Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Luis CASANOVA-OTERO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Carlos BENITEZ-GUZMAN, a/k/a "Charlie Guzman," Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 20, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Laws, Jr., for appellant Gomez-Pabon.

Charles G. White, for appellant Torres-Melendez.

Benito I. Rodriguez-Masso, for appellant Delfin-Torres.

Ludwig Ortiz-Belaval, for appellant Casanova-Otero.

Roxana C. Matienzo Carrion, for appellant Benitez-Guzman.

Thomas E. Booth, Appellate Section, Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, with whom Daniel Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., and Jorge Vega-Pacheco, Asst. U.S. Atty., were on brief, for U.S.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and SOUTER, Circuit Judge.


BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge.

These are consolidated appeals from convictions on jury verdicts rendered after a nine-day trial. The defendants, Luis Gomez-Pabon, Wilfredo Torres-Melendez, Edwin Delfin-Torres, Luis Casanova-Otero and Carlos Benitez-Guzman, were charged with conspiracy to import cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952 and 963 (Count Three). Gomez, Torres, and Delfin also were charged with conspiracy...

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