Legal Opinion
United States v. Ahumedo-Avendano
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 3, 1989No. 87-5742PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
In this appeal, the defendants below challenge their convictions under 46 U.S.C. app. § 1903(a), (g) & (j) (Supp. IV 1986) for possession of and conspiracy to possess on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States more than one thousand kilograms of marijuana with intent to distribute. We affirm.
I
On April 1, 1987, at approximately 8:00 p.m., the U.S.S. McCloy, a United States *369Navy frigate, detected a vessel six to eight miles off the western coast of Jamaica in Jamaican territorial waters. The vessel was heading in a northerly direction toward the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- United States v. Mark Marvin Musser, Gary Wayne Harvey, and Joseph Paul Abraham, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- United States v. Delmer Porter, Kenneth A. Berdick, M.D. And Myron Teitelbaum, M.D.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Larry Charbert Hayes v. Warden Hawes and Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General for the State of IllinoisCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. FuentesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
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