Legal Opinion
United States v. Jorge Manotas-Mejia, Justo Estrada-Tello, Julian Enriquez-Castro, and Samuel Ramirez-Rios
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 1, 1987No. 86-2667PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The defendants appeal their convictions for distributing and importing cocaine and for conspiracy. Upon review of the record we affirm the convictions.
I. The Stake Out
Jorge Manotas-Mejia, Justo Estrada-Tel-lo, Julian Enriquez-Castro, and Samuel Ramirez-Rios were crew members on the Colombian ship CATALINA. Manotas was the ship’s second engineer, in charge of certain engine room equipment. On March 22, 1986, the CATALINA arrived at the port of Houston, Texas from Barranquilla, Colombia. A confidential informant had alerted the United States Customs Service that…
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