Legal Opinion
United States v. Rafael Portela, United States of America v. Francisco Villaman-Rodrguez, United States of America v. Juan A. Carrasquillo
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 22, 1999No. 97-2353, 97-2354 and 97-2355PublishedCited by 113 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.
Rafael Pórtela, Francisco Villamán-Rodrí-guez and Juan Antonio Carrasquillo were each convicted by a jury, after a joint trial with one other co-defendant, of conspiracy to possess multiple kilograms of cocaine with intent to distribute, and specific instances of cocaine possession with intent to distribute, most such instances occurring in the course of the larger conspiracy. On appeal each defendant claims that the indictment alleged a single conspiracy, but the facts adduced at trial proved the existence of multiple conspir acies, and that they were thereby wrongly…
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