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U.S. v. MIRANDA-SANTIAGO

Nos. 95-1301, 95-1302 and 95-1304.

96 F.3d 517 (1996)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Juan Jose MIRANDA-SANTIAGO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Carmen PACHECO-RIJOS, a/k/a Fina, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Ismael RIVERA-DeCELIS, a/k/a Macho, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 19, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward E. Parson, Washington, DC by Appointment of the Court, on brief for appellant Juan José Miranda-Santiago.

Norberto Colón by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Carmen Pacheco-Rijos.

Harry R. Segarra, Puerto Neuvo, PR by Appointment of the Court, for appellant Ismael Rivera-DeCelis.

Miguel A. Pereira, Assistant United States Attorney, Hato Rey, PR, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, and José A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA and CYR, Circuit Judges, and GERTNER, District Judge.

GERTNER, District Judge.

In this consolidated appeal, we consider challenges to the sentences of Ismael Rivera-DeCelis, Carmen Pacheco-Rijos and Juan José Miranda-Santiago. In September of 1994, these defendant-appellants, along with twenty-one co-defendants, pled guilty to participation in a drug distribution conspiracy spanning over a year and involving trafficking in crack cocaine, cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, as well as using or brandishing firearms, and...

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