United States v. Bertie Alexander Wright

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

In mid-February 1988, security officials of the ship Jubilee found cocaine in the locker of appellant Wright, a member of the ship’s crew. The government indicted Wright, charging him in Count I with unlawfully importing cocaine, 21 U.S.C. § 952(a) (1982), and in Count II with unlawfully possessing cocaine on a vessel arriving in the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 955. The government entered into a plea bargain with Wright; it agreed to move to dismiss Count I in return for Wright’s plea of guilty to Count II.

Subsequently, the probation officer prepared a presentence report,…