Legal Opinion
United States v. Ortiz-Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 3, 2000No. 99-1053PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Much to his later chagrin, defendant-appellant Angel Ortiz-Santiago (Ortiz) joined a massive conspiracy that imported drugs into Puerto Rico and then distributed them. Ortiz participated in a successful November 1996 smuggle and an unsuccessful December 1996 smuggle that came to naught when federal authorities seized the drugs. On the first occasion he helped to off-load the contraband and on the second he served as a lookout.
In due course, a federal grand jury returned a twenty-one count indictment against more than four dozen defendants. Three counts targeted the…
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