U.S. v. ZORRILLA

Nos. 95-2365, 95-2249.

93 F.3d 7 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Ramon ZORRILLA, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Miguel Calderon SALMIENTO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 19, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gustavo A. Gelpi, Jr., Assistant Federal Public Defender, San Jaun, PR, with whom Benicio Sanchez Rivera, Guaymabo, PR, Federal Public Defender, was on brief, for appellants.

Jose A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Antonio R. Bazan and Nelson Perez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, CYR and LYNCH, Circuit Judges.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

Defendants Ramon Zorrilla and Miguel Calderon Salmiento were charged, inter alia, with aiding and abetting each other in the intended distribution of a controlled substance (approximately two kilograms of cocaine) within 1,000 feet of a school. See 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B), 860(a); 18 U.S.C. § 2.1 They challenged the constitutionality of section 860(a), but the district court...

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