UNITED STATES v. PRIX

Nos. 492-496, Dockets 81-1214 to 81-1218.

672 F.2d 1077 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jules Saint PRIX, Glenn H. Hutchison, John Bennett, James T. Blakley and James R. Blakley, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided February 22, 1982.

Certiorari Denied May 24, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Pollok, New York City (Hoffman Pollok & Gasthalter, Ronald Rubenstein, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant James R. Blakley.

Joel B. Rudin, New York City, for defendant-appellant James T. Blakley.

Maurice M. McDermott, New York City, for defendant-appellant John Bennett.

Edward M. Chikofsky, New York City, for defendant-appellant Jules Saint Prix.

Anne C. Feigus (Ronald P. Fischetti, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Glenn H. Hutchison.

Susan E. Shepard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y. (Edward R. Korman, U. S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., Vivian Shevitz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, LUMBARD, Circuit Judge, and BARTELS, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied May 24, 1982. See 102 S.Ct. 2274.

LUMBARD, Circuit Judge:

On the night of November 11-12, 1978, the United States Coast Guard and other law enforcement agencies seized 23.4 tons of marijuana and 499,000 pills of methaqualone found in vehicles and aboard a fishing boat at the Yancarib Marina on Jamaica Bay, Queens, New York. Subsequent investigation discovered that the seizure had terminated a massive conspiracy to import drugs, beginning...

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