Legal Opinion
United States v. One 1970 36.9' Columbia Sailing Boat
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided July 19, 1996No. 95-3158PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN SICKLE, Senior District Judge.
John Walter Piner, the Claimant, appeals the decision of the district court 1 granting the United States’ motion for forfeiture of a boat formerly owned by Piner, a 1970 36.9' Columbia Sailing Boat, known as the “Del-phene.” We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Carl Thompsen and Ronald Scoggins planned to import marijuana from Colombia. They met the Claimant, who informed the pair that the marijuana could be transported in his boat, the Delphene. For carrying the contraband, Piner was to receive 1,000 pounds of marijuana as payment. The street value of the drugs was…
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