U.S. v. DE LA VEGA

No. 88-5166.

913 F.2d 861 (1990)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arturo DE LA VEGA, Raimundo Betancourt, Ricardo Aleman, Mario Carballo and Osvaldo Coello, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 2, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Schwartz, Raoul G. Cantero, III, Miami, Fla., for De La Vega.

Eric M. Cohen, Coral Gables, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Betancourt.

Milton Hirsch, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Aleman.

Jon May, Miami, Fla., for Carballo.

Sharon Jacobs Brown, Plantation, Fla., for Coello.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Michael P. Sullivan, Mayra R. Lichter and Linda C. Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for U.S.

Before TJOFLAT, Chief Judge, CLARK, Circuit Judge, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is the consolidated appeal of five individuals who, based upon their involvement in what was dubbed the "Miami River Cops Case", were convicted of various offenses under the federal racketeering, narcotics, civil rights and tax laws. On appeal, they raise numerous arguments challenging their convictions or sentences.1 We affirm the convictions of all appellants but vacate the sentences of appellants...

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