Legal Opinion
United States v. Earl Wayne Nash
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 5, 1990No. 88-5991PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Earl Wayne Nash appeals a judgment of conviction and sentence for conspiring and attempting to import cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 963 (1988). We affirm his conviction but vacate his sentence and remand for new sentencing.
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Shortly before dark on April 16, 1988, United States Customs Service aircraft began monitoring Nash’s airplane off the southwestern Florida coast. Nash’s airplane was flying at an altitude of ten to thirty feet — low enough to leave a wake in the water. According to government testimony, drug smugglers commonly fly at low…
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