Legal Opinion
United States v. Ramon Puentes
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 2, 1995No. 93-4073PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this criminal appeal, we affirm the conviction and sentence, holding that a criminal defendant has standing to allege a violation of the principle of specialty, limited, however, to those objections that the rendering country might have brought.
FACTS
In September, 1989, a federal grand jury-in the Southern District of Florida returned an indictment charging appellant, Ramon Puentes, in four of its thirteen counts. Count IV, the only count relevant to this appeal, charged Puentes with conspiracy to import cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952(a), and listed a…
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