Legal Opinion
United States v. Rosario-Peralta
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 28, 1999No. 97-2084 to 97-2086PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Chief Judge.
Defendants Cruz Rosario-Peralta, Johnny David Díaz-Morla, and Ramón Antonio Javier were apprehended after aircraft and vessels from the United States Coast Guard, Customs Service, Army National Guard, and Puerto Rico Police Department pursued a suspect vessel for hours off the coast of Puerto Rico. Defendants have asserted throughout that the government units lost track of the original vessel and intercepted their boat by mistake. Defendants were arrested, charged, convicted, and sentenced for possession of the estimated $1 billion worth of cocaine dumped into the ocean…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- United States v. Gary P. Neal, United States v. William F. Kenney, Jr., United States v. Charles J. Flynn, A/K/A ChuckyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1994
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