Legal Opinion
United States v. Marcelino Efrain Alvarez, Jose Delgado Ramirez, Juan Ramon Mosquero-Herrera, Juan Ramon Gomez
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided February 19, 1988No. 86-5911PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:
In this seizure-of-contraband-on-the-high-seas case, we affirm the judgments in the face of attacks that the trial was defective because the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions, a deliberate ignorance instruction should not have been given, the taking of a foreign deposition should have been allowed, the prosecutor engaged in misconduct, and expert testimony should not have been introduced.
In the southeast Bahamas, United States Coast Guard officers intercepted the “Proud Mary”, a sixty-five foot fishing vessel sailing low in the water. A Coast Guard…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- United States v. Ray Vera, Luis Romero, United States of America v. Arturo PosadaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- United States v. Pedro Cruz-Valdez, Reuben Martin-Gonzalez and Manuel Fortunado Ariza-FuentesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by57 opinions
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