Legal Opinion
United States v. Victor Manuel Stuart-Caballero, Amador Ortega and Armando Arias Diaz
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 1982No. 81-5607PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants were convicted after trial by jury of one count of possession of marijuana on an American vessel with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a and 18 U.S.C. § 2. There is no merit to any of the contentions raised on appeal, and we therefore affirm.
While on patrol in international waters south of Florida on the night of October 8, 1980, a Coast Guard cutter spotted a ship on radar. The Coast Guard moved to intercept the ship and, with seamen training a large spotlight on the ship’s stern, identified it as the THOMAS E, out of Norfolk, Virginia. The cutter’s captain…
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3Cited by37 opinions
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