U.S. v. UMAGAT

Nos. 92-10149, 92-10173, 92-10174, 92-10190, 92-10207.

998 F.2d 770 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert John UMAGAT, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Cassandra Pangelinan BELANGER, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Diana M. ROBERTO, Defendant-Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Cassandra Pangelinan BELANGER, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Diana M. ROBERTO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard Trapp, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellant Robert John Umagat.

Jerry E. Hogan, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant Cassandra Pangelinan Belanger.

Kevin J. Fowler, McCully, Lannen, Beggs & Melancon, Agana, Guam, for defendant-appellee-cross-appellant Diana M. Roberto.

Karon V. Johnson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Agana, Guam, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee U.S.

Before: BROWNING, NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges.


REINHARDT, Circuit Judge:

Robert John Umagat, Cassandra Pangelinan Belanger, and Diana M. Roberto appeal on sufficiency grounds their convictions for conspiracy to smuggle marijuana. The United States appeals the sentences imposed on Belanger and Roberto. We reverse the convictions of Belanger and Roberto, and affirm those of Umagat.1

BACKGROUND

Around August of 1989, Danilo Grantham ("Danny"), who had previously smuggled...

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