U.S. v. ROMERO

Nos. 93-2187 to 93-2190.

32 F.3d 641 (1994)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Freddy ROMERO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Armando TEJEDOR, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Gabriel CURVELO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Oranie GALINDO-FORBES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge L. Arroyo, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Freddy Romero.

José A. León-Landrau, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Armando Tejedor.

Carlos A. Vázquez-Alvarez, Asst. Federal Public Defender, with whom Benicio Sánchez-Rivera, Federal Public Defender, was on brief, for appellant Gabriel Curvelo.

Luis A. Medina-Torres, by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Oranie Galindo-Forbes.

Richard A. Friedman, Atty., Appellate Section, Crim. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, with whom Guillermo Gil, U.S. Atty., Rosa E. Rodríguez-Vález, and Antonio R. Bazán, Asst. U.S. Attys., were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, CYR and BOUDIN, Circuit Judges.


TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.

In this case, defendants-appellants Freddy Romero, Gabriel Curvelo, Armando Tejedor, and Oranie Galindo Forbes appeal their convictions for possessing, while aboard a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, cocaine intended for distribution in violation of 46 U.S.C.App. § 1903(a). The defendants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and the trial court's jury instructions. Defendant Romero challenges his sentence...

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