Legal Opinion
United States v. Torres-Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 13, 2001No. 00-1370, 00-1384PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge. .
This is a direct appeal from a sentence imposed on Ramon Torres-Gonzalez after his guilty plea, and from the denial of his effort, under Rule 41(e), Fed.R.Crim.P., to have returned to him some $14 million in drug monies that the United States seized. We affirm the district court on both points.
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The facts relevant to this appeal arise from two related actions. On May 10, 1990, the United States brought civil forfeiture proceedings in rem to seize property belonging to Torres-Gonzalez, including some $43 million thought to be buried in barrels on Torres-Gonzalez’s farm at…
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