Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Ramon Hernandez, United States of America v. Douglas Gorbea Del-Valle
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 17, 2000No. 99-1357, 99-1358PublishedCited by 119 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
In September of 1997, U.S. Customs agents intercepted a container holding cocaine bricks with a street value of close to one billion dollars. The cocaine was amidst cartons of plastic cups. A jury convicted José Ramón Hernández and Douglas Gorbea Del-Valle of various federal offenses associated with a conspiracy to import, possess, and distribute this cocaine. Gorbea claimed to be the owner of the container; Hernández and his company transported the container in Puerto Rico. Hernández was given concurrent sentences of 293 months on each of five counts, and Gorbea was…
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