Legal Opinion
United States v. August Carl Benz
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 4, 1984No. 83-3168PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
August Carl Benz was convicted in the district court on a two-count indictment of conspiracy to import over 1,000 pounds of marijuana into the United States and to possess that marijuana with intent to distribute (count one) 1 and of submitting a false statement and document to the U.S. Customs Service in an effort to recover his sailing vessel which Customs had seized after the marijuana had been imported (count two). 2 Benz appeals, questioning the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain his convictions and several of the district court’s rulings, both before and…
2Cases cited29 opinions
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