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U.S. v. GUZMAN

No. 95-1234.

85 F.3d 823 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hector GUZMAN, a/k/a Hector Guzman Rivera, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gabriel Hernandez Rivera on brief, and Hector Guzman Rivera, pro se ipso, on supplemental brief, for appellant.

John C. Keeney, Acting Assistant Attorney General, Theresa M.B. Van Vliet and Philip Urofsky, Criminal Division, U.S. Dept. of Justice, and Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, on brief for appellee.

Before SELYA and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises, inter alia, the question whether defendant-appellant Hector Guzman Rivera (Guzman) was twice put in jeopardy for the same offense, thus violating his Fifth Amendment rights. Discerning neither a constitutional flaw nor any other significant error, we affirm the judgment below.

I. BACKGROUND

The indictment in this case arises out of an aborted drug smuggle that took the appellant by sea from Puerto...

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