U.S. v. HERNANDEZ

No. 96-4433.

141 F.3d 1042 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter HERNANDEZ, Sr., Antonio Hernandez, Sr., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sally Gross, Miami, FL, for Walter, Jr.

Nancy Wear, Coral Gables, FL, for Wilfredo.

Sheryl J. Lowenthal, Coral Gables, FL, for Antonio, Sr.

Eric M. Cohen, Miami, FL, for Antonio, Jr.

Marisa Tinkler Mendez, Coral Gables, FL, for Walter, Sr.

Nina Stillman Mandel, Anne Ruth Schultz, Dawn Bowen, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and O'KELLEY, Senior District Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

After a five-week trial, a jury convicted five members of the Hernandez family of various charges related to the 1989 murder-for-hire of the night watchman at their family business' warehouse, the burning of that warehouse, and the ensuing fraud on the warehouse's insurer. The district court sentenced three of them to life imprisonment as a result of their convictions for the murder-for-hire, and sentenced the other two to ten years imprisonment...

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