U.S. v. PORTELA

Nos. 97-2353, 97-2354 and 97-2355.

167 F.3d 687 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael PORTELA, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Francisco Villamán-Rodríguez, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan A. Carrasquillo, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied March 22, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lydia Lizarribar-Masini, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Portela, Ramón L. Garay-Medina for appellant Villamán-Rodríguez, and Teodoro Méndez-Lebrón for appellant Carrasquillo.

Stephen Muldrow for appellee United States of America, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, José A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation Counsel, and Camille Vélez-Rivé and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on briefs for appellee.

Before SELYA, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied March 22, 1999.

LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

Rafael Portela, Francisco Villamán-Rodríguez and Juan Antonio Carrasquillo were each convicted by a jury, after a joint trial with one other co-defendant, of conspiracy to possess multiple kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, and specific instances of cocaine possession with intent to distribute, most such instances occurring in the course of the...

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