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UNITED STATES v. WINTER

No. 73-2236.

509 F.2d 975 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Aston WINTER, Howard Charles Towne, Stanton Davis and William Michael Parks, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 13, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Jerome B. Ullman, Jr., Don R. Boswell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Jack V. Eskenazi, Federal Public Defender, Michael Doddo, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed not under ACT), for Winter.

David B. Javits, Max P. Engel, Miami, Fla., for Towne.

George D. Gold, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Davis.

Melvyn Kessler, Miami, Fla., for Parks.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

On March 8, 1973, at a point on the high seas approximately 35 miles from the coast of Florida and 11.9 miles from the nearest island of the Bahamas,1 United States Coast Guard officers boarded the American owned M/V Big L which at the time was being towed by the American owned M/V Adventurer III and promptly located over a half a ton of marijuana which they knew to be aboard. The four members of the M/V Big...

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