U.S. v. SAAC

Nos. 09-14204, 09-14228, 09-14329 and 09-14345.

632 F.3d 1203 (2011)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jhon Jairo Valencia SAAC, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Andres Mina Meneses, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor Rodriguez Renegifo, Defendant-Appellant. United States of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Miguel Otero Estupinan, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 9, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T. Federico Bower , (Court-Appointed), O'Brien Bower, PA, Duilio Abraham Espinosa-Montalban, (Court-Appointed), Adam Scott Tanenbaum , Fed. Pub. Def., Carlton Fields, P.A., Donna Lee Elm and John L. Badalamenti , Fed. Pub. Defenders, Tampa, FL, Ryan Thomas Truskoski , (Court-Appointed), Orlando, FL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Yvette Rhodes , Judy K. Hunt , Asst. U.S. Atty., David Paul Rhodes , Tampa, FL, for U.S.

Before EDMONDSON, MARTIN and COX, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge:

This case consolidates criminal appeals by four co-defendants challenging the constitutionality of the Drug Trafficking Vessel Interdiction Act of 2008 ("DTVIA"), 18 U.S.C. § 2285. Jhon Jairo Valencia Saac, Victor Rodriguez Renegifo, Miguel Otero Estupinan, and Carlos Andres Mina Meneses ("defendants") also appeal their 108 month sentences, imposed after they pleaded guilty to conspiring to violate and to knowingly violating the DTVIA....

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