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U.S. v. CANDELAS

Nos. CRIM. 00-374(PG), 00-365(PG), 00-368(PG), 00-371(PG), 00-372(PG).

110 F.Supp.2d 39 (2000)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Hector CANDELAS, Hector Pesquera, William Ruiz-Garcia, Felix Ramirez, Jose E. Quintero, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Puerto Rico.

September 5, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ivonne Diaz-De-Carreras, Hato Rey, PR, Wilma E. Reveron-Collazo, San Juan, PR, Juan R. Acevedo-Cruz, Hato Rey, PR, for Hector Luis Pesquera, defendants.

Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, U.S. Attorney's Office District of P.R., Criminal Division, for U.S.

ORDER

PEREZ-GIMENEZ, District Judge.

Defendants have filed a notice of intention to present at trial the necessity defense. According to defendants, they reasonably believed that their conduct in entering Camp Garcia Naval Base was necessary to avoid harms considerably more serious than their trespass, i.e., to stop what they perceived to be deadly military bombardment and ecological erosion. Defendants' argument has consistently been rejected by...

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