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U.S. v. RIVERA

Crim. No. 95-084 (HL).

942 F.Supp. 732 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Pedro RIVERA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

August 14, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Laws, Hato Rey, PR, Rachel Brill, Hato Rey, PR, and Nicolas Jimenez-Torres, Luquillo, PR, for Pedro Rivera, defendant.

Ramon Garcia-Garcia, Santurce, PR, and Gustavo A. Gelpi-Abarca, Federal Public Defender's Office, Old San Juan, PR, for Bunker Group Puerto Rico, defendant.

Yolanda A. Collazo-Rodriguez, Bayamon, PR, for Bunker Group Incorporated, defendant.

Jorge L. Arroyo-Alejandro, San Juan, PR, for New England Marine Services, Inc., defendant.

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, U.S. Attorney's Office District of P.R., Criminal Division, Hato Rey, PR, Michael J. Woods, Trial Attorney, Charles A. DeMonaco, Assistant Chief, Environmental Crimes Section U.S. Department of Justice, and Rose Rodriguez-Velez, Executive Attorney to the U.S. Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for the U.S.

OPINION AND ORDER

LAFFITTE, District Judge.

Before the Court is Defendant Pedro Rivera's motion for judgment of acquittal of count three of the indictment, pursuant to Fed.R.Crim.P. 29. Following an eight-day jury trial, Rivera was found guilty of counts one and three of the indictment. This case arises out of an oil spill in Puerto Rico on January 7, 1994, involving the tugboat Emily S and the tankbarge Morris J. Berman. In

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