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U.S. v. OTIS

Nos. 93-50649, 94-50430, 94-50438, 94-50468, 94-50492, 94-50520, 94-50649.

127 F.3d 829 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James Howard OTIS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus MONSALVE, aka Juan; aka Enano; aka Adolpho, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Arthur Loza ROMO, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Osbaldo MONTALVO-DOMINGUEZ, aka El Gordo, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mario Saide AGUILERA-RAMIEREZ, aka Mario Saide Aguilera Ramirez; aka Mario Aguilera; aka Mario Rivas, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Dario CAMACHO, aka German, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bernardo CASAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Reynolds, Santa Monica, CA, for defendants-appellants Otis and Montalvo-Dominguez.

James M. Hodges, Signal Hill, CA, for defendant-appellant Monsalve.

William L. Heyman, Thousand Oaks, CA, for defendant-appellant Aguilera-Ramirez.

Judith Rochlin, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Romo.

Scott S. Furstman, Santa Monica, CA, for defendant-appellant Camacho. Mark Bernheim (argued), Santa Monica, CA, for defendant-appellant Camacho.

Morton H. Boren, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellant Casas.

Jean M. Mohrbacher, Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Thomas P. Sleisenger (briefed and argued), Assistant United States Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before: FLETCHER, BEEZER, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam Opinion; Partial Concurrence and Partial Dissent by Judge FLETCHER.

PER CURIAM:

The DEA set up what purported to be a money laundering operation for cocaine dealers. It was a dramatic success. Appellants participated in various ways in helping the Cali cartel get cocaine money back to Colombia. They used the DEA's phony money laundering operation, not realizing they were turning the Cali cartel's money over to the DEA, and turning themselves in...

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