Legal Opinion
United States v. Sammy Lee Ward, Edward B. Prows, A/K/A Teddy
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 3, 1983No. 81-5773PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT J. HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
This action originated with the indictment of fourteen defendants on various criminal charges stemming from a marijuana smuggling enterprise. In this appeal, we are called upon to review the convictions of two of those defendants, Sam Ward and Edward Prows.
As a part of an undercover investigation known as Operation Grouper, agents of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) contacted Sam Ward in October, 1980. A confidential informant had apprised the officers of the defendants’ need for assistance in unloading smuggled shipments of marijuana from a vessel…
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