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UNITED STATES v. BRYANT

No. 80-5810.

671 F.2d 450 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph BRYANT, John Cagnina, Terry Lee Alvarez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 26, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Spain & O'Donnell, Donald Spain, John Lipinski, Miami, Fla., for Bryant and Cagnina.

William B. Plowman, Tampa, Fla., for Alvarez.

Lurana S. Snow, Asst. U. S. Atty., Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Sidney M. Glazer, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN, KRAVITCH and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Joseph Bryant, John Cagnina, and Terry Lee Alvarez were convicted by a jury of tampering with a vessel of the United States with the intent to injure or endanger the safety of the vessel in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2275. On appeal they contend that § 2275 applies only to "commercial vessels" and not the private sailboat they were using, that the evidence was insufficient to sustain...

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