U.S. v. NOVATON

Nos. 95-4445, 98-4988 and 98-5045.

271 F.3d 968 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mercedes NOVATON, Humberto Rodriguez, a.k.a. Chino Rodriguez, et al., Defendants-Appellants. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar Cuni, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ramon Rosell, a.k.a. Papito, Oscar Cuni, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abe Anselheart Bailey, Bailey, Martin & Associates, P.A., Gregory Alan Prebish, Law Office of Gregory Prebish, Joseph W. Gibson, Jr., Miami, FL, William Donald Matthewman, William D. Matthewman, P.A., Boca Raton, FL, John E. Bergendahl, Oscar S. Rodriguez, Miami, FL, Sheryl Joyce Lowenthal, Coral Gables, FL, Jay R. Moskowitz, Sands & Moskowitz, P.A., Coconut Grove, FL, Defendants-Appellants.

Lisette Reid, Asst. U.S. Atty., Alexander Angueira, Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and CARNES and OAKES, Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Francisco Novaton, Oscar Cuni, Jorge Lopez, Reynaldo Rodriguez, Mercedes Novaton, Leopoldo Rodriguez, Felipe Matamoros, Ramon Rosell, and Humberto Rodriguez were convicted of various drug-related crimes that took place in 1993. They appeal, raising numerous issues regarding their convictions and sentences. We reverse the conviction of Ramon Rosell based on his involuntary absence from critical portions of the trial, and we also remand...

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