UNITED STATES v. STUART-CABALLERO

No. 81-5607.

686 F.2d 890 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor Manuel STUART-CABALLERO, Amador Ortega and Armando Arias Diaz, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

September 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald I. Bierman, Benedict P. Kuehne, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Paul Morris, Miami, Fla., for Ortega and Diaz.

Robert J. Bondi, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants were convicted after trial by jury of one count of possession of marijuana on an American vessel with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a and 18 U.S.C. § 2. There is no merit to any of the contentions raised on appeal, and we therefore affirm.

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