United States v. Robert Hernandez, John Robert Pullman, Keith Stuart Tillotson, Thomas Edward Campbell, Jesus Nieto, Aristedes Caballero

Appellants were charged in a two count indictment with conspiracy to possess marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955c (Supp. V 1981), and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a) (Supp. V 1981) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1976). All appellants were convicted on count II; Nieto, Hernandez and Caballero were convicted on count I. They now challenge the sufficiency of the evidence and several rulings of the district court. None of their challenges has merit, and we accordingly affirm.

On the night of April 21, 1982, the Florida Marine Patrol vessel ORION was…