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U.S. v. PASSOS-PATERNINA

918 F.2d 979 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Emiro Miguel PASSOS-PATERNINA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Orlando ESPINOSA-SANCHEZ, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose Gilberto AREVALO-NAVARRO, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Oscar ESTUPINAN-PAREDES, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ricardo ESTUPINAN-PAREDES, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 24, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judith Berkan, Santurce, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Oscar Estupinan-Paredes.

Enrique Velez-Rodriguez, Hato Rey, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Jose Gilberto Arevalo-Navarro.

Thomas R. Lincoln, San Juan, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, for defendant, appellant Emiro Miguel Passos-Paternina.

Armando Rivera Carretero, Hato Rey, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, on brief, for defendant, appellant Orlando Espinosa-Sanchez.

Lydia Lizarribar-Masini, Old San Juan, P.R., by Appointment of the Court, on brief, for defendant, appellant Ricardo Estupinan-Paredes.

Jose R. Gaztambide, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Daniel F. Lopez-Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for the U.S.

Before SELYA, ALDRICH and CYR, Circuit Judges.

CYR, Circuit Judge.

The five defendants were discovered in highly incriminating proximity to a half ton of cocaine aboard the vessel SHEME on the high seas off Puerto Rico a few months before they were tried and convicted under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. Their appeals raise a surfeit of issues fathoming the sufficiency of the evidence and the fairness of their trials. As we see no insufficiency and no unfairness, we affirm their convictions.

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