UNITED STATES v. CHAPARRO-ALMEIDA

No. 81-3181 Summary Calendar.

679 F.2d 423 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alvaro CHAPARRO-ALMEIDA, William Granja-Moreno, Jorge Luis Herrara-Mendez, Elio Barros-Epinayo, Salustio Castro-Perea, Omar Obregon-Mosquera, Osvalda Barrios-Miranda, Jose Caicedo-Bustamante, Adolfo Angulo-Quinones, Roberto Miranda-Cabeza, Lino Padilla-Herzao, Hugo Arboleda-Hurtado, Luis Alberto Murillo-Lopez, Vincente Robinson-Bobb, Wilfran Hernandez-Blanquiseth and Carlos Nicolas Caicedo-Londono, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 28, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kurt Marmar, Coral Gables, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Patrick J. Fanning, Michael Schatzow, Asst. U. S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUBIN, SAM D. JOHNSON and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

Once again, we are urged to suppress the results of a random search of an American vessel made on the high seas by the Coast Guard. Finding under settled precedent that the search was valid, we affirm the convictions of the vessel's captain and crew of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, and conspiracy to import marijuana.

The M/V POLARIS, a U. S. registered...

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