UNITED STATES v. TURNER

No. 81-5319. Non-Argument Calendar.

668 F.2d 496 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Howard Allen TURNER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 16, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Minceberg (court-appointed), Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Atlee W. Wampler, III, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, KRAVITCH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The sole question on this appeal is whether the evidence was sufficient to support a finding of guilt in a nonjury trial. Defendant Howard Allen Turner, Jr. was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 4,660 pounds of marijuana found on a 55 to 60-foot Chris-Craft salon deck cruiser he was piloting when it was stopped and boarded by customs officers near Baker's Haulover Cut, an entrance to the Florida coast from the Atlantic Ocean.

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