Legal Opinion
United States v. Abraham Leroy Baker and James Osborne, Jr.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1980No. 79-5006PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
The most serious question in this case is whether the possession of 51,280 pounds of marijuana on an American flag vessel well outside the three-mile territorial jurisdiction of the United States, but within the twelve-mile “customs waters,” is a crime under 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1), which proscribes the possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute. Although not without some conceptual difficulty, we hold the statute does prohibit such conduct, and affirm the convictions.
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