UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 82-5049 Non-Argument Calendar.

684 F.2d 841 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth BROWN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearings Denied October 6, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton E. Grusmark, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Linnea Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Defendant and three companions were arrested on a 68 foot shrimping vessel, home port Tampa, Florida, after the Coast Guard boarded the vessel 18 miles northeast of Cozumel, Mexico and found approximately 11,000 pounds of marijuana aboard. After a nonjury trial Brown was convicted of possession with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a) and 18 U.S.C. § 2.

Section 955a is not unconstitutional on its face or...

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