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U.S. v. SOTO-BENIQUEZ

Nos. 01-1619, 01-1674, 00-1547, 01-1620, 00-1464, 00-1488, 00-1470, 00-1362, 00-1543.

356 F.3d 1 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William SOTO-BENÍQUEZ, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Juan Soto-Ramírez, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Eduardo Alicea-Torres, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Ramon Fernández-Malavé, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Carmelo Vega-Pacheco, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Armando García-García, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Jose Luis De León Maysonet, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Rene Gonzalez-Ayala, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Juan Enrique Cintrón-Caraballo, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Miguel Vega-Colón, Defendant, Appellant. United States of America, Appellee, v. Miguel Vega-Cosme, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 20, 2003.

As Amended on Denial of Rehearing January 22, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marlene Apontes-Cabrera for appellant Soto-Beníquez.

Miriam Ramos-Grateroles for appellant Soto-Ramírez.

Raymond Rivera Esteves for appellant Alicea-Torres.

Luz M. Rios-Rosario for appellant Fernández-Malavé.

Javier Morales-Ramos for appellant Vega-Pacheco.

Rachel Brill for appellant García-García.

Roberto Roldan-Burgos for appellant de León Maysonet.

Victor Miranda-Corrada for appellant Gonzalez-Ayala.

Rafael Anglada-Lopez for appellant Cintrón-Caraballo.

Marcia G. Shein for appellants Vega-Cosme and Vega-Colón.

Jacabed Rodriguez-Coss and Michelle Morales, Assistant United States Attorneys, with whom H.S. Garcia, United States Attorney, and Sonia I. Torres-Pabon, Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

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

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This massive drug conspiracy case from Puerto Rico involved a six-month trial and resulted in convictions of the eleven defendants who appeal, eight of whom received life sentences and three of whom received sentences of more than twenty years.

The government charged this case as involving one overarching conspiracy from January 1990 to March 1994 to distribute drugs at Bitumul (Israel Ward) in Hato Rey, San Juan, Puerto Rico and to protect...

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