Legal Opinion
United States v. Carmen Rosa Behety, Felino Ramirez-Valdez
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided September 16, 1994No. 92-4290PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COX, Circuit Judge:
Carmen Rosa Behety and Felino Ramirez-Valdez (“appellants”) appeal their convictions of various drug offenses. We affirm.
I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The appellants were recruited by Jose Yanes 1 to participate in a scheme to import cocaine from Guatemala to Florida. In March 1991, Yanes purchased a pleasure yacht named the GHOST. Yanes testified that Columbians had forwarded him the money to purchase the GHOST. Yanes registered the GHOST in Florida under the names Jose Ramos and Christopher Calorus-sa. Neither Ramos nor Calorussa had an ownership interest in the GHOST,…
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