Legal Opinion
United States v. Angel Pendas-Martinez and Andres Morrero-Laso
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 23, 1988No. 87-5264PublishedCited by 74 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAROLD L. MURPHY, District Judge.
Appellants Angel Pendas-Martinez (Pen-das) and Andres Morrero-Laso (Morrero) were convicted by a jury for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and possession with intent to distribute fifty kilograms of marijuana on board a vessel of the United States, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 955a(a), 955c, and 18 U.S.C. § 2. Appellants raise four issues for reversal of their convictions: the sufficiency of the evidence, the government’s failure to disclose and destruction of evidence, improper witness comment by the government’s case-agent on defendant…
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