CATALA FONFRIAS v. U.S.

No. 91-1285.

951 F.2d 423 (1991)

Raymond CATALA FONFRIAS, Petitioner, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 10, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Catala Fonfrias, on brief, pro se.

Daniel F. Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., and Carlos A. Perez, Asst. U.S. Atty., on brief for respondent, appellee.

Before CAMPBELL, TORRUELLA and CYR, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

In 1980 appellant Raymond Catala Fonfrias, then an attorney in Puerto Rico, took part in a scheme that led to the murder of a witness who was about to testify against Catala's client at a criminal trial in a Puerto Rico court. A federal district court jury found that Catala had violated both 18 U.S.C. § 241 (which prohibits conspiracies to deprive civil rights) and 18 U.S.C. § 242 (which prohibits actual deprivations of civil rights), and the...

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