Legal Opinion
United States v. Robert M. Ayres, United States of America v. Nicolo Pirri Ardizzone and Frank Termini
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 19, 1984No. 83-1201, 83-1215PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROSENN, Senior Circuit Judge.
The defendants, Frank Termini, Nicolo P. Ardizzone, and Robert M. Ayres, were tried to a jury in the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island and convicted on drug-related charges 1 arising out of the smuggling of 8,785 pounds of marijuana. Following the imposition of sentence, each of the defendants appealed. We affirm.
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In the summer of 1982, the Coast Guard received information relating to the smuggling of marijuana off the shore of Rhode Island. From late July through early August of 1982, the Coast Guard had the sailing vessel Fiesta under…
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- Brown v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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