U.S. v. ROSA-CARINO

Nos. 08-1220, 08-1221, 08-1222.

615 F.3d 75 (2010)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Eliezer ROSA-CARINO, Defendant, Appellant, United States of America, Appellee, v. Samuel Diaz-Dumenigo, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jorge L. Gerena-Mendez for appellant Eliezer Rosa-Carino.

Laura Maldonado Rodríguez for appellant Samuel Diaz-Dumenigo.

Timothy R. Henwood, Assistant U.S. Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez, United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Chief, Appellate Division, and Luke Cass, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before LYNCH, Chief Judge, BOUDIN and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.


LYNCH, Chief Judge.

The defendants, Eliezer Rosa-Carino and Samuel Diaz-Dumenigo, were convicted on four counts of participating in a large, international conspiracy to import by sea more than 5 kilograms of cocaine from nations in the Carribean, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, 952(a), 963. The conspiracy imported for distribution 415 kilograms of cocaine with a street value of over $6 million in 2005. The district court sentenced Rosa to 235 months in prison...

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