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UNITED STATES v. GORDON

No. 80-5252.

638 F.2d 886 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louis Darnell GORDON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

March 5, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robyn J. Hermann, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Atlee W. Wampler, III, U. S. Atty., Linda Collins Hertz, James D. McMaster, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.

MARKEY, Chief Judge:

Louis Darnell Gordon (Gordon) appeals his conviction by jury of a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641.1 We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The United States Coast Guard seized a marijuana-laden vessel off the coast of Florida and brought it, on the morning of July 6, 1978, to the Coast Guard base at Miami. The Customs Service supplied temporary workers, Gordon among them, to unload the marijuana. After the...

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