Legal Opinion
United States v. Ventura-Melendez
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided February 25, 2003No. 02-1140 and 02-1141PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFIN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendants appeal their convictions for entering a temporarily off-limits military area in the ocean waters adjacent to Camp Garcia, on the island of Vieques, Puerto Rico, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1382. Because a lawful regulation barring entry existed and the defendants had actual notice of it, we affirm the convictions.
I. Background
The record reflects that on April 28, 2001, brothers Hector and Angel Ventura-Melendez, the defendants, left the Esperanza harbor in Puerto Rico in a small fishing boat at approximately 10:00 a.m. with eight to ten other small…
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