United States v. Cerceda

PUBLISH IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT _____________ FILED No. 94-5017 U.S. COURT OF APPEALS _____________ ELEVENTH CIRCUIT D. C. Docket No. 95-915-CR-WCO 11/19/98 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellee, versus ANGEL CERCEDA, Defendant-Appellant, ****** --------------- No. 95-4610 ---------------- D.C. Docket No. 91-698-CR-WJZ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus COURTNEY RICARDO ALFORD, a.k.a. “Rickey,” EDWARD BERNARD WILLIAMS, a.k.a. “Bernard,” NATHANIEL DEAN, Defendants-Appellees. ****** --------------- No. 95-4611 --------------- D.C. Docket No. 91-704-CR-NCR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus HECTOR FERNANDEZ-DOMINGUEZ, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 95-4612 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-750-CR-NCR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JESUS E. CARDONA, Defendant-Appellee. ****** 2 --------------- No. 95-4613 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-6023-CR-JAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus CARLOS HERNANDEZ, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 95-4617 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 91-681-CR-NCR UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ADOLFO MESTRIL, a.k.a. “El Gordo,” JOSE HERMINIO BENITEZ, a.k.a. “William Muniz,” a.k.a “Emilio,” HERIBERTO ALVAREZ, ELPIDIO, PEDRO IGLESIAS-CRUZ, a.k.a. “Budweiser,” Defendants-Appellees. 3 ****** --------------- No. 95-4618 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 91-6180-CR-JAG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus MINNIE RUTH WILLIAMS, RALPH W. CORKER, Defendants-Appellees. ****** --------------- No. 95-4626 --------------- D.C. Docket No. 90-741-CR-SH UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus HIRAM MARTINEZ, JR., Defendant-Appellee. 4 ****** --------------- No. 95-4628 --------------- D.C. Docket No. 91-915-CR-EBD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ANGEL CERCEDA, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 95-4629 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-39-CR-LCN UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DIOGENES PALACIOS, Defendant-Appellee. 5 ****** --------------- No. 95-4630 ---------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-230-CR-SM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FRED DE LA MATA, MANUEL A. CALAS, OSCAR CASTILLA and ENRIQUE FERNANDEZ, Defendants-Appellees. ****** --------------- No. 95-4631 -------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-301-CR-UU-B UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus STEVEN JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee. ****** 6 --------------- No. 95-4632 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-573-CR-DLG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FRANCISCO JOSE ARIAS, GUSTAVO JAVIER PIRELA-AVILA, Defendants-Appellees. ****** --------------- No. 95-4633 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 93-1-CR-DLG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ENRIQUE ACOSTA, MILCIADES JIMINEZ, Defendants-Appellees. 7 ****** --------------- No. 95-4634 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 93-31-CR-DLG UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus CARLOS A. ZAPATA, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 95-4635 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 93-72-CR-SM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JOSE MICHAEL VILARINO, Defendant-Appellee. 8 ****** --------------- No. 95-4659 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 91-413-CR-WDF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus VICTOR LONG, ISRAEL AEL, MIGUEL CAMPOS, JOSE VISOZO, NARCISCO SUAREZ, and OSCAR KARIN, a.k.a. MAS, Defendants-Appellees. ****** --------------- No. 95-5244 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 91-8033-CR-MARCUS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JAVIER BONILLA, Defendant-Appellee. 9 ****** --------------- No. 95-5298 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-39-CR-Nesbitt UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus DIOGENES PALACIOS, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 95-5369 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-117-CR-Moreno UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ZAIDA FATIMA BORGE, a.k.a. Gorda, Defendant-Appellee. ****** 10 - --------------- No. 95-5566 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 93-319-CR-EBD UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus FRANCIS JOSEPH BRADLEY, a.k.a. Frank Bradley, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 96-4584 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 93-31-CR-GRAHAM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus JAIME A. DURANGO, Defendant-Appellee, 11 ****** --------------- No. 96-5043 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 92-117-CR-FAM UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus ZAIDA FATIMA BORGE, a.k.a. Gorda, Defendant-Appellee. ****** --------------- No. 96-5067 --------------- D. C. Docket No. 91-698-CR-WJZ UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff-Appellant, versus NATHANIEL DEAN, EDWARD BERNARD WILLIAMS, Defendants-Appellees. --------------- Appeals from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida --------------- ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC (Opinion April 23, 1998, 139 F.3rd 847) (November 19, 1998) 12 Before HATCHETT, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT, ANDERSON, EDMONDSON, COX, BIRCH, DUBINA, BLACK, CARNES, BARKETT and HULL, Circuit Judges.* B Y T H E C O U R T: A member of this court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestion of rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in this court in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc, IT IS ORDERED that the above cause shall be reheard by this court en banc. The previous panel’s opinion is hereby VACATED. _______________________ *Judge Stanley Marcus has recused himself and will not participate. Senior Judge Paul H. Roney may participate in further proceedings in this matter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 46(c). 13