Legal Opinion
United States v. Ruben Magdaniel-Mora, Henny Dekom, Ibrahim Nunez, Francisco Vicente-Leon and Felix Calvo-Castillo
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 13, 1984No. 83-5008PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*718VANCE, Circuit Judge:
For most people, being stranded for several days aboard a disabled fishing boat in the Gulf of Mexico twenty miles northwest of Grand Cayman Island would constitute a misfortune of epic proportions.1 The travails of appellants in this case, however, began in earnest only when a boarding party from the Coast Guard cutter DECISIVE retrieved them from their immobile vessel, the DON CARLOS — along with 12,-000 pounds of marijuana.
All five persons found aboard the DON CARLOS were convicted of possessing marijuana on board a United States flag vessel with intent to distribute,…
2Cases cited45 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Doyle v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Jenkins v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- United States v. Nelson BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- Roberts v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by45 opinions
- Zafiro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- United States v. BrowneCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2007
- United States v. Mervyn Harold Cross A/K/A Eric Cross, and Robert Carter LodgeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Jorge Enrique Gonzalez, A/K/A George, Maurice Roundy, Michael Timothy SweetonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- United States v. Oscar Smith, Regina Smith and Gary King, Julia ThomCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
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