UNITED STATES v. ALONZO

No. 81-5311.

689 F.2d 1202 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jesus Orlando ALONZO, Israel Zafra, and Alberto Lluis, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1982.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Shell, Wilmington, N. C. (Murchison, Fox & Newton, Wilmington, N. C., on brief), for appellants Zafra and Lluis.

James G. Roth, Miami, Fla. (Walters, Costanzo, Miller & Russell, Miami, Fla., on brief), for appellant Alonzo.

Janis H. Kockritz, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Samuel T. Currin, U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS and ERVIN, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 11, 1982.

ERVIN, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Alonzo, Zafra, and Lluis appeal their convictions for violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a) (1981) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1969). The appellants were occupants of a vessel that was stopped and boarded by officers of the United States Coast Guard while located approximately 250 miles off the coast of North Carolina. On board the vessel the Coast Guard discovered approximately...

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