Legal Opinion
United States v. Joe B. Butler, David R. Holmes, Donnie Waites
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 7, 1986No. 85-7021PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
Appellants, Joe Butler, Donnie Waites, and David Holmes, challenge their convictions for conspiracy to import marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963, and conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 on grounds involving introduction of evidence, severance, statute of limitations, and sufficiency of evidence. We affirm.
FACTS
On the morning of July 12, 1979, a United States Coast Guard cutter, on routine patrol in the Yucatan Straits, boarded the fishing vessel MORNING STAR. After discovering 25,000 pounds of marijuana on…
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