UNITED STATES v. SANCHEZ

No. 79-5596.

634 F.2d 938 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis SANCHEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 6, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark King Leban, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Gary J. Takacs, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN, ANDERSON and THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 6, 1981.

THOMAS A. CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Luis Sanchez was rescued, along with co-defendants Angel and Suarez, from the fishing vessel Letty as she was sinking in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico approximately 115 miles off the coast of Sanibel Island, Florida. Although the Letty's crew escaped with their lives, they did not escape detection of their plans, for the Coast Guard, interested in the abandoned...

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