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U.S. v. SANTANA-ROSA

Nos. 96-1679, 96-1680.

132 F.3d 860 (1998)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Domingo SANTANA-ROSA, A/K/A Felix Sanchez-Suarez, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Orlando DIAZ-MORLA, A/K/A Joaquin Carpio-Javier, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided January 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Joel Berger, Miami, FL, with whom Leonard Baer was on brief, for Appellants.

José A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, San Juan, PR, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Edwin O. Váquez, Assistant United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief for Appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, LYNCH, Circuit Judge, and DiCLERICO, District Judge.

DiCLERICO, District Judge.

The defendants, Domingo Santana-Rosa and Orlando Díaz-Morla, were convicted of possessing cocaine on a vessel within the customs waters of the United States with intent to distribute it. On appeal they raise issues pertaining to the jury instructions, the opinion testimony of a witness, and the sufficiency of the evidence. Having reviewed the defendants' arguments, we affirm the convictions for the reasons expressed below.

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