Legal Opinion
United States v. James-Robinson
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided June 11, 1981No. 81-47-Cr-EBDPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CORRECTED ORDER
EDWARD B. DAVIS, District Judge.
The question presented here is whether the United States overreaches the international law of jurisdiction when it tries to prosecute foreign crewmen of a stateless ship stopped on the high seas 400 miles from the U.S. when there is no allegation, and at trial there would be no proof, that the controlled substance found on the ship was ever intended to be distributed in this country. The defendants are charged with violation of a wide-ranging statute which makes it unlawful for any person on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the…
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