Legal Opinion
United States v. Maskeny
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 4, 1980No. 78-5596PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
Somewhere around 10 o’clock, P. M., March 6, 1978, Pilots (appellants) Darwin and Maskeny, accompanied by defendant Perkins, landed a twin engined airplane at the Sylvania, Georgia public airport, loaded with 3,623 pounds of marijuana. They were met with an entirely unexpected welcome from United States Customs Agents and Georgia state officers who had been awaiting their arrival.
The other defendants (appellants), also expecting the arrival, had stationed themselves and their trucks in the adjacent woods. They rushed to the plane and quickly transferred the cargo, after…
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