Legal Opinion
United States v. Silbert Mills
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 20, 1985No. 83-3662PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMPSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
Silbert Mills, a Bahamian customs officer stationed at Marsh Harbour, Great Abaco Island, in the Bahamas, was indicted and tried in the Northern District of Florida for his aid to smugglers transporting marijuana from Jamaica to Gainesville, Florida. A jury convicted him of conspiracy to import marijuana, 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 963; conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute it, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841, 846; and possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute it, 21 U.S.C. § 841, 18 U.S.C. § 2. 1
The court set a sentencing hearing two months and two…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Washington v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- United States v. Donald James and David Anthony Butler, United States of America v. Henry Smith and Kenneth Wayne WhitmoreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by15 opinions
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- United States v. Marcelino Efrain Alvarez, Jose Delgado Ramirez, Juan Ramon Mosquero-Herrera, Juan Ramon GomezCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
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