UNITED STATES v. ARCHBOLD-NEWBALL

No. 76-1737.

554 F.2d 665 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Otto ARCHBOLD-NEWBALL, a/k/a Otto Archibald, a/k/a "Otto" Alberto Ramirez-Betancourt, a/k/a Alberto Bravo, and Adolfo Gomez-Giraldo, a/k/a Adolfo Ramirez, a/k/a Adolfo Gomez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sky E. Smith, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Archbold.

Robert L. Moore, Miami, Fla., for Ramirez-Betancourt.

William P. Cagney, III, Miami, Fla., for Gomez-Giraldo.

Robert W. Rust, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Ronald W. Rose, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Los Angeles, Cal., Marty Steinberg, Dept. of Justice, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and HILL, Circuit Judges, and KERR, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 7, 1977.

JAMES C. HILL, Circuit Judge:

This tale involves international drug smuggling surreptitious police tactics, high finance and an ocean going rendezvous — ingredients which would undoubtedly make a successful modern day melodrama. The sub-plot of the story, with which we are principally concerned, reveals a continuing effort by the actors to avoid the consequences of flouting the criminal laws...

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