United States First Circuit

Conviction and property forfeitures resulting from a conspiracy to possess and distribute cocaine are affirmed where: 1) the government produced sufficient evidence that the properties were connected to the conspiracy; 2) the forfeitures were not excessive; 3) the Sixth Amendment does not apply to criminal forfeiture as an aspect of sentencing; and 4) there was no reason to believe that one defendant's guilty plea was unsupported by later evidence.

Appellate Information

• Decided 08/25/2006
• Published 08/25/2006

Judges

• BOUDIN, Circuit Judge., Before BOUDIN, Chief Judge, TORRUELLA and DYK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Rafael Anglada-López, by appointment of the court, on brief for appellant Orlando Ortiz-Cintrón., Marlene Aponte-Cabrera, by appointment of the court, for appellant Francisco Ortiz-Zayas., Luis A. Guzmán, by appointment of the court, for appellant Hilda N. Cintrón-Ramos.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas F. Klumper, Assistant United States Attorney, with whom H.S. García, United States Attorney, and Nelson Pérez-Sosa, Assistant United States Attorney, Senior Appellate Attorney In Charge, were on brief for appellee.