United States v. Cabrera Medina

Opinion

USCA1 Opinion

                                [NOT FOR PUBLICATION]

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                                FOR THE FIRST CIRCUIT

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No. 94-2030 

                                    UNITED STATES,

                                      Appellee,

                                          v.

                               RADAMES CABRERA MEDINA,

                                Defendant, Appellant.

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                     APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO

[Hon. Gilberto Gierbolini, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before

                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
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                           Selya and Stahl, Circuit Judges.
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            Maria H. Sandoval on brief for appellant.
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            Guillermo Gil, United  States Attorney, Warren Vazquez,  Assistant
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        United States Attorney, and Jos  A. Quiles-Espinosa, Senior Litigation
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        Counsel, on brief for appellee.

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                                    April 14, 1995
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Per Curiam.   We reject  appellant's arguments  and
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            affirm  the judgment below  for the reasons  stated in United
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            States v. Rodriguez, 26  F.3d 4, 7-8 (1st Cir.  1994); United
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            States v. Troncoso, 23  F.3d 612, 615 (1st Cir.  1994), cert.
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            denied, 115  S.Ct. 912  (1995); and  United States  v. Perez-
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            Torres,  15 F.3d 403, 407 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 115 S.Ct.
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            125 (1994).

                      Affirmed.
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