Legal Opinion
United States v. Seni
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 26, 1981No. Nos. 81-5006 to 81-5011PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURNAGHAN, Circuit Judge:
In the early morning of July 9, 1979, law enforcement officers converged on the Queen Elizabeth, a shrimping trawler docked at the Oak Island Marina in Brunswick County, North Carolina. On board the officers found 15 tons of marijuana, apparently in the process of being unloaded. Finding no one in the immediate vicinity, the officers set up a roadblock on Highway 133 about 5 miles from the marina. Defendant Ferguson was arrested at about 1:40 a. m. as he approached the roadblock in a large van. Defendant Minton was arrested about half an hour later as he approached…
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3Cited by64 opinions
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