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U.S. v. GARATE-VERGARA

Nos. 87-5851, 87-5986.

942 F.2d 1543 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alejandro GARATE-VERGARA, Santiago Roman-Bernel, Quintin Antivilo, Sergio Roman-Gomez and Manuel Olivares-Bermudez, Defendants-Appellees. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Orlando LASTRA, Pedro Ramirez Palacios, Rodolfo Castillo Ponce, Danilo Antonio-Contreras, Jorge Domingo Romon-Gomez, Jaime Puebla Lopez, Luis Pacheco Torres, Albo Roman Moras Moraguez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 30, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence F. Ruggiero, New York City, for Lastra.

Michael J. O'Kane, P.A., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Ponce.

Thomas A. O'Malley, Asst. U.S. Atty., West Palm Beach, Fla., Linda Collins Hertz and Mayra Reyler Lichter, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for U.S.

Robert N. Berube, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Roman-Gomez.

Kathy Hamilton, Coconut Grove, Fla., for Lopez.

Yolanda Morales, Miami, Fla., for Torres.

Lee Weissenborn, Miami, Fla., for Moraguez.

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Robert N. Berube, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Palacios.

Dennis Kainen, Law Offices of Alan Weisberg, Miami, Fla., for Antonio-Contreras.

Kenneth W. Lipman, Siegel & Lipman, Boca Raton, Fla., for Roman-Bernal.

Ruben M. Garcia, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Antivilo.

Ralph Michael Hursey, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Sergio Roman-Gomez.

Ken Lange, Law Office of Ken Lange, Bay Harbor Islands, Fla., for Olivares-Bermudez.

Mario L. Cabello, Miami, Fla., for Garate-Vergara.

Before KRAVITCH and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants and appellees are thirteen Chilean seamen indicted for drug trafficking. After a jury trial and guilty verdicts as to all thirteen, the five appellees successfully moved for acquittal notwithstanding the verdict under Fed.R.Crim.P. 29(c) based on insufficient evidence. The government appeals these Rule 29(c) orders of acquittal. The eight remaining defendants also moved for acquittal under Rule 29(c) at trial, but their motions...

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