Legal Opinion
United States v. Jules Saint Prix, Glenn H. Hutchison, John Bennett, James T. Blakley and James R. Blakley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 22, 1982No. 492-496, Dockets 81-1214 to 81-1218PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:
On the night of November 11-12, 1978, the United States Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies seized 23.4 tons of marijuana and 499,000 pills of methaqualone found in vehicles and aboard a fishing boat at the Yancarib Marina on Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York. Subsequent investigation discovered that the seizure had terminated a massive conspiracy to import drugs, beginning with the purchase of the shrimp boat TERRY’S DREAM in November 1977 and continuing through three trips between Colombia and New York. Fifteen people were indicted in the Eastern District of…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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