Legal Opinion
United States v. Hector Luis Lopez Andino, United States of America v. Israel Mendez Santiago
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 28, 1987No. 86-1583, 86-1584PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
Defendants-appellants Hector Luis Lopez Andino and Israel Mendez Santiago, formerly members of the Puerto Rico Police, were convicted in district court of civil rights violations for assaulting and beating three men, one of whom died. Appellants make five arguments in challenging their convictions: (1) that the United States statutes under which they were convicted are inapplicable to Puerto Rico; (2) that their convictions violated the constitutional bar on double jeopardy because appellants previously had been convicted in Puerto Rico *1166Superior Court for their acts; (3)…
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