Legal Opinion
United States v. Pinto-Mejia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 14, 1983No. Nos. 1189, 1213, 1194, 1190, 1203, 1191, 1162, 1193, 1192, 1204 and 1195, Dockets 82-1412 to 82-1417, 82-1421 to 82-1424 and 82-1433PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Gsaac Gorge Pinto-Mejia and ten codefendants appeal from judgments entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Henry Bramwell, Judge, convicting them of one count of possessing with intent to distribute approximately twenty tons of marijuana on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States on the high seas, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a) (Supp. V 1981). The judgments were entered following defendants’ agreement, consented to by the government and the court, to plead guilty on that count on the…
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