U.S. v. CARDALES

Nos. 97-2383, 97-2384 and 97-2385.

168 F.3d 548 (1999)

UNITED STATES, Appellee, v. Manuel Julio CARDALES, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Robinson Rafael Hernandez, Defendant, Appellant. United States, Appellee, v. Arkel Hawkins Peterson, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edgardo Rodríguez-Quilichini, Assistant Federal Public Defender and Víctor P. Miranda-Corrada, by appointment of the Court, with whom Joseph C. Laws, Jr., Federal Public Defender, were on joint brief, for appellants Manuel Julio Cardales and Robinson Rafael Hernández.

Linda Backiel for Arkel Hawkins Peterson.

Jonathan L. Marcus, Attorney, Department of Justice, with whom Guillermo Gil, United States Attorney, Timothy Faerber, Aixa Maldonado and José A. Quiles, Assistant United States Attorneys, were on brief, for appellee.

Before Lynch, Circuit Judge, HALL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.


CYNTHIA HOLCOMB HALL, Senior Circuit Judge.

Manuel Julio Cardales ("Cardales"), Robinson Rafael Hernández ("Hernández"), and Arkel Hawkins Peterson ("Peterson") appeal their convictions for aiding and abetting each other in the possession with intent to distribute marijuana on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States in violation of 46 U.S.C. app. § 1903(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2. The district court sentenced Cardales to 120 months...

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