UNITED STATES v. ARRA

No. 78-1361.

630 F.2d 836 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Michael Joseph ARRA, Steven Scott Aschinger, and Overton Baker Pettit, Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided August 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph Vallone, Jr., Hato Rey, P.R., for defendants, appellants, Michael Joseph Arra and Overton Baker Pettit.

Selig I. Goldin, Gainesville, Fla., with whom Goldin & Cates, Gainesville, Fla., was on brief, for defendant, appellant Steven Scott Aschinger.

Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., with whom Raymond Acosta, U.S. Atty., San Juan, P.R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges, and LOUGHLIN, District Judge.


LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.

Co-defendant Keller and defendants-appellants Arra, Aschinger, and Pettit were convicted of conspiracy to import 13,303 pounds of marijuana into the United States, possession of said marijuana with intent to distribute it in the United States, and attempted importation of the marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 963. The marijuana was discovered by the Coast Guard during the course of an administrative document...

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