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United States Court of Appeals: For The First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals: For The First Circuit
United States Court of Appeals: For The First Circuit
No. 16-1551
Appellee,
v.
JOS R. DAZ-ROSADO,
Defendant, Appellant.
Before
for the Southern District of Florida for his role in planning and
again -- this time, in the United States District Court for the
for which he was indicted in Puerto Rico. For the reasons set
I.
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positioned to explain why we are unpersuaded that the Puerto Rico
A.
Guayama, Puerto Rico.1 The vessel was registered to Daz, who had
determined that Daz also hired the vessel's two-man crew: Jorge
crew: Jos De Len and Wilson Concepcin. Daz had purchased this
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for the Southern District of Florida on August 15, 2013. Daz was
months later.
both the August and December seizures as evidence that Daz was
life in prison.
the August seizure, the Puerto Rico indictment charged Daz with
960, and 963, and one count of conspiracy to possess with intent
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to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine, in violation of
same day he entered his plea of guilty in the Florida case. Daz
the August seizure -- had already been charged in the Florida case
and thus that dismissal of the Puerto Rico indictment was required
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Concepcin -- and second, that the confidential source could not
B.
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that the District Court deny Daz's motion to dismiss on April 5,
2016.
Count One of the Puerto Rico indictment, the Magistrate Judge first
noted that the offense charged therein was not an offense charged
Alarcon, 917 F.2d 651, 652 (1st Cir. 1990), the Magistrate Judge
explained that the elements of the statute Daz was charged with
the Magistrate Judge held that the conspiracy for which Daz was
charged in the Puerto Rico indictment was a separate one from the
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therefore "covers a different time period than the conspiracy
two Laguna-Estela factors -- the places involved and the fact that
the two statutory provisions under which Daz was charged were the
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noted that Count Two of the Puerto Rico indictment and the one
that the District Court deny Daz's motion to dismiss Count Two of
preparation.
agree with the parties that we have jurisdiction to hear the appeal
431 U.S. 651, 661-62 (1977), which made clear that a "double
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jeopardy challenge to [an] indictment must be reviewable" before
grounds").
II.
14 (1st Cir. 2008) (holding that the defendant "waived his right
that it may."); Davet v. Maccarone, 973 F.2d 22, 31 (1st Cir. 1992)
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waives the party's right to review in the district court and those
guilty plea in the Florida case does not now foreclose him from
however, that, under United States v. Broce, 488 U.S. 563, 571
and recommendation did not thereby waive his right to bring this
100 (1st Cir. 2012). Nevertheless, even assuming that Daz has
A.
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because it charged an offense that was not charged in the Florida
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Daz first contends that there is a substantial overlap
between the evidence at issue in the Florida case and the evidence
this fourth Laguna-Estela factor. And while Daz also argues that
F.2d 27, 30-31 (1st Cir. 1982)), even if we assume that Daz
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basis on which the District Court's ruling may be reversed under
B.
the August seizure (the one charged in the Puerto Rico indictment)
one charged in the Florida case), thus making clear that Daz
States, 515 U.S. 389, 398 (1995). Thus, the fact that the
concerning the seizure for which Daz was charged in this case
does not suffice to show that the crimes charged in the two cases
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the first time on appeal. Specifically, he contends that: (1) the
(2) the government opposed Daz's request that his defense in the
Rico because the Puerto Rico case and the Florida case were
report and recommendation. Thus, our review is, at best, for plain
error. See United States v. Cataln-Roman, 585 F.3d 453, 472 (1st
Daz must therefore show that "(1) that an error occurred (2) which
was clear or obvious and which not only (3) affected the
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issue here are, in fact, one conspiracy under the Double Jeopardy
challenge, too.
passing on whether the Puerto Rico and Florida cases involved the
III.
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