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U.S. v. HERNANDEZ COPLIN

No. 92-2228.

24 F.3d 312 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ramon HERNANDEZ COPLIN, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 31, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Laura Maldonado Rodriguez, Asst. Federal Public Defender, with whom Benicio Sanchez Rivera, Federal Public Defender, Old San Juan, PR, was on brief, for appellant.

Edwin O. Vazquez, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, PR, with whom Guillermo Gil, U.S. Atty., Washington, DC, and Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Sr. Litigation Counsel, Hato Rey, PR, were on brief, for the U.S.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

Ramon Hernandez Coplin was indicted by a grand jury in two separate indictments, each relating to a separate episode of smuggling aliens into the United States. The first indictment charged that Hernandez on April 16, 1992, had been captain of a yawl intercepted a mile off the coast of Puerto Rico carrying 92 illegal aliens from the Dominican Republic. The yawl was running without lights, had no safety equipment and sought to avoid capture....

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