Legal Opinion
United States v. Angel Amado Garcia, Frank Chaves, United States of America v. Frank Chaves
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 10, 1994No. 90-5490, 92-4399PublishedCited by 93 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants Frank Chaves (“Chaves”) and Angel Amado Garcia (“Garcia”) appeal their convictions on charges arising from thefts in Florida of goods in interstate commerce. Chaves also appeals his sentence. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm appellants’ .convictions and Chaves’ sentenee.
I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE
A.The April Theft
On April 27, 1989, Luis Guevara, Eduardo Paula, and Orlando Brito stole a truck containing frozen seafood and drove to an abandoned warehouse. There, Guevara stated that he would ask Chaves, who owned a seafood company called J…
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