Legal Opinion
United States v. Matos-Luchi
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 1, 2010No. 08-2289, 08-2290, 08-2291PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal by several defendants convicted of drug trafficking — Epifanio Matos-Luchi, Manolo Soto-Perez, and Ramon Carrasco-Carrasco — requires the interpretation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (“MDLEA”), 46 U.S.C. § 70501 et seq. (2006), which inter alia delineates federal enforcement authority over drug crimes carried on at sea outside U.S. territorial limits. The factual background and proceedings in the district court are as follows.
In May 2007, Petty Officer Richard Young and a team of five other U.S. Coast Guard personnel were stationed on the HMS…
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