UNITED STATES v. AYO-GONZALEZ

Nos. 75-3297 and 75-3873.

536 F.2d 652 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto AYO-GONZALEZ, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CUBAN VESSEL F-V E-82HB, her engines, etc., in rem., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Krinsky, Eric Lieberman, New York City, G. Rudolph Garza, Jr., Corpus Christi, Tex. (Court-appointed), for defendants-appellants.

Edward B. McDonough, Jr., U.S. Atty., Jack Shepherd and James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Peter R. Taft, Asst. Atty. Gen., Bruce C. Rashkow, Ralph J. Gillis, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Robert Darden, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated cases present for our review the conviction of Roberto Ayo-Gonzalez, as master of the Cuban fishing vessel E-82HB, for illegally fishing in the contiguous fishing zone of the United States; and the judgment of forfeiture awarded the United States on a libel in rem charging the vessel with the same illegal act,1 in violation of 16 U.S.C. §§...

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