U.S. v. MULERO-JOUBERT

Nos. 01-1869 to 01-1872, and 01-1881 to 01-1884.

289 F.3d 168 (2002)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Raúl MULERO-JOUBERT, Iván Sobrado-Sierra, Carlos R. Aguirre-Flores, Angel Carmona-Tapia, José Molina-Encarnación, Juan Santos-Centeno, Carlos Santiago-Rivera, and Angel Luis Class-Alvarado, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julie Ann Soderlund, with whom Guillermo Ramos-Luiña and Enrique Colon Santana, were on brief, for appellants.

Michael Hughes, Special Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Stella J. Song, Special Assistant United States Attorney, Jorge E. Vega-Pacheco, Assistant United States Attorney, and Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.


STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants challenge the district court's finding of guilt against them in one-count informations for trespassing on a military installation in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1382. We reverse their convictions because the government did not prove an essential element of its case.

I. BACKGROUND

Appellants were arrested by Navy officials on April 27, 2001, on Cayo Yayí, also known as Fisherman's Island, a...

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