Legal Opinion
United States v. Lopez-Lopez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 19, 2002No. 00-2016, 00-2020, 00-2017, 00-2018PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
Ruben Lopez-Lopez, Ramon Luciano-del-Rosario, and Carlos Santana were convicted of importation of, and possession with intent to distribute, approximately 700 kilograms of cocaine and for aiding and abetting these crimes. They were each sentenced to 235 months, or slightly less than 20 years, in prison.
Lopez-Lopez, Luciano, and Santana challenge their convictions on numerous grounds. Summing the arguments of all three, they claim the district court erred by: (1) denying Santana’s motion to dismiss based on “inadequate” legal instruction to the grand jury; (2) refusing to…
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