UNITED STATES v. JAMES-ROBINSON

No. 81-47-Cr-EBD.

515 F.Supp. 1340 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Cesar JAMES-ROBINSON, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. Florida, S. D.

June 11, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Asst. U. S. Atty. Richard Kuniansky and Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty. Carol Wilkinson, Miami, Fla., for plaintiff.

Robert Moore and Marc Cooper, Miami, Fla., for defendant.


CORRECTED ORDER

EDWARD B. DAVIS, District Judge.

The question presented here is whether the United States overreaches the international law of jurisdiction when it tries to prosecute foreign crewmen of a stateless ship stopped on the high seas 400 miles from the U.S. when there is no allegation, and at trial there would be no proof, that the controlled substance found on the ship was ever intended to be distributed in this country. The defendants are charged...

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