Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Ivan Duarte-Acero
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 12, 2002No. 01-13457PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
Jose Ivan Duarte-Acero, a Colombian citizen, was indicted in 1982 for conspiring to murder two Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) agents engaged in the performance of their official duties and for related offenses. In 1997, Duarte was finally apprehended in Ecuador and brought to the Southern District of Florida for trial. He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to life. On appeal, he seeks both the dismissal of his indictment and the vacation of his sentence. Duarte asserts that his indictment should be dismissed because the circumstances of his arrest violated both…
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