Legal Opinion
United States v. Orlando Jairo Gonzalez-Mercado
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 26, 1987No. 85-5511PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge:
This is an appeal from the district court’s refusal to allow defendant to withdraw his guilty plea. We affirm.
Background
Appellant, a Columbian citizen, and his ten co-defendants were crew members aboard the motor vessel BULL SAILOR, a vessel on the high seas and subject to jurisdiction of the United States. The Coast Guard stopped, boarded and extensively searched the vessel twice within a 72-hour period and, during the second detention, discovered a quantity of marijuana secreted in a hidden compartment of the vessel. As a result of the Coast Guard…
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