Court Opinion

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USCA1 Opinion

	

          March 31, 1995                                [Not for Publication]
                                [Not for Publication]                            United States Court of Appeals
                            United States Court of Appeals                                For the First Circuit
                                For the First Circuit                                 ____________________        No. 94-2020                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                               GERALDO RODRIGUEZ-RAMOS,                                Defendant, Appellant,        No. 94-2021                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                  BERLAY NIEVES-CRUZ                                Defendant, Appellant,        No. 94-2063                                    UNITED STATES,                                      Appellee,                                          v.                                MARIO GONZALEZ-ALVIRA,                                Defendant, Appellant.                                 ____________________                    APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT                           FOR THE DISTRICT OF PUERTO RICO                    [Hon. Jose Antonio Fuste, U.S. District Judge]
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                                        Before                                Torruella, Chief Judge,
                                           ___________                            Bownes, Senior Circuit Judge,
                                    ____________________                              and Stahl, Circuit Judge.
                                         _____________                                 ____________________            Gustavo A.  Gelpi, Assistant  Federal Public  Defender, with  whom
            _________________        Juan  E. Alvarez, First Assistant Federal  Public Defender and Benicio
        ________________                                               _______        Sanchez Rivera, Federal  Public Defender, were on brief  for appellant
        ______________        Rodriguez-Ramos.            Jose R.  Gaztambide and  Gaztambide & Plaza  argued for  appellant
            ___________________      __________________        Nieves-Cruz.            Rafael Anglada-Lopez argued for appellant Gonzalez-Alvira.
            ____________________            Jose  A.  Quiles-Espinosa,  Senior  Litigation  Counsel,  Criminal
            _________________________        Division,  with whom  Guillermo Gil,  United States  Attorney, was  on
                              _____________        brief for appellee.                                 ____________________                                 ____________________

                      Per  Curiam.    These  appeals present  the  single
                      Per  Curiam.
                      ___________            question of whether  the Double Jeopardy Clause of  the Fifth            Amendment  bars  cumulative  punishments for  carjacking  and            using a firearm in  conjunction with a crime of  violence, in            violation  of 18  U.S.C.     2119  and 924(c),  respectively.            Because  the   First  Circuit   has  recently   decided  that            prosecution under  both statutes does not  violate the United            States Constitution, see United States v. Centeno-Torres, No.
                                 ___ _____________    ______________            94-1882, slip op. at 4 (1st Cir. Mar. 28, 1995), we summarily            affirm the judgment below.  See 1st Cir. R. 27.1.
                                        ___                      Affirmed.
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