Legal Opinion
United States v. Passos-Paternina
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided October 24, 1990PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CYR, Circuit Judge.
The five defendants were discovered in highly incriminating proximity to a half ton of cocaine aboard the vessel SHEME on the high seas off Puerto Rico a few months before they were tried and convicted under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act. Their appeals raise a surfeit of issues fathoming the sufficiency of the evidence and the fairness of their trials. As we see no insufficiency and no unfairness, we affirm their convictions.
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