Legal Opinion
United States v. William Thomas O'neill, United States of America v. James v. O'neill, United States of America v. Alma Dale Mallard
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 2, 1985No. 84-5061, 84-5094 and 84-5149PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALBERT J. HENDERSON, Circuit Judge:
William Thomas O’Neill, James V. O’Neill and Alma Dale Mallard appeal from their drug convictions in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. We affirm the convictions but vacate Mallard’s sentence and remand.
The appellants’ convictions arise out of their efforts in 1979 and 1980 to smuggle methaqualone from Colombia into Florida by aircraft. In December, 1979, Mallard and Howard Pinckard, a pilot, air dropped several bundles of methaqualone tablets over Opa-Locka West Airport in south Florida. Local law enforcement officers,…
2Cases cited21 opinions
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- Giglio v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- McDonough Power Equipment, Inc. v. GreenwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by58 opinions
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- State v. MoralesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- United States v. Angel Fernandez-AnguloCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
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