U.S. v. COLLAZO-APONTE

Nos. 98-1808, 98-1933 to 98-1938 and 98-2116.

216 F.3d 163 (2000)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Rafael COLLAZO-APONTE, a/k/a Rafi, a/k/a Rafaelito, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Heriberto Ortiz-Santiago, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Andres Colon-Miranda, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Edwin Ortiz-Figueroa, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. David Samuel Martinez-Velez, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Jorge Merced-Morales, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Ramon A. Rios-Rios, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Edwin Rosario-Rodriguez, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided June 27, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael F. Castro-Lang, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Rafael Collazo-Aponte.

Kevin G. Little, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Heriberto Ortiz-Santiago.

Johnny Rivera-Gonzalez, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Andres Colón-Miranda.

Jorge L. Arroyo-Alejandro, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Edwin Ortiz-Figueroa.

Víctor P. Miranda-Corrada, by appointment of the Court, for appellant David S. Martínez-Vélez.

Ludwig Ortiz-Belaval for appellant Jorge Merced-Morales.

Linda Backiel for appellant Ramon A. Ríos-Ríos.

Rafael Anglada-López, by appointment of the Court, for appellant Edwin Rosario-Rodríguez.

Lena Watkins, Deputy Associate Chief, Litigation, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, with whom Catherine Wingfield, and Grace Chung Becker, Trial Attorneys, Narcotic and Dangerous Drug Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, were on brief, for appellee.

Before TORRUELLA, Chief Judge, WALLACE, Senior Circuit Judge, and O'TOOLE, District Judge.


TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.

This appeal arises from a sixty-six count criminal indictment charging the eight appellants—Rafael Collazo-Aponte, Heriberto Ortiz-Santiago, Andrés Colón-Miranda, Edwin Ortiz-Figueroa, David S. Martínez-Vélez, Jorge Merced-Morales, Ramón A. Ríos-Ríos, and Edwin Rosario-Rodríguez—with numerous offenses related to a decade-long, multi-drug-dealing conspiracy based in the Virgilio Dávila...

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