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UNITED STATES v. MARINO-GARCIA

Nos. 81-5551, 82-5284.

679 F.2d 1373 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Esteban MARINO-GARCIA and Omar Chaverra, Hernan Ardila-Boyona, William G. Suarez, Valentin Torres-Camargo, Ernesto Segundo Torres-Riasco, Evelio Pauth-Arzuza, Fabian Perdoma-Cardona, Ramon Elias Reales-Morales, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pablo Emilio CASSALINS-GUZMAN, Casimiro Diaz-Castillo, Carlos Espana, Alfredo Pupo-Bolano, David Rene Olaya-Betancur, Nemecia Hidalgo-Castillo, Jaime Pimienta-Perez, and Luis Estanislao Perea-Ulloa, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied September 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. David O'Leary, Miami, Fla. (Court-Appointed), for Marino-Garcia.

Sophie Demayo, Coconut Grove, Fla., for Suarez.

Dennis N. Urbano, Coral Gables, Fla., for Torres-Camargo.

Steven H. Haguel, Miami, Fla., for Torres-Riasco.

William M. Norris, Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for the U. S.

Kathleen A. Hamilton, Carres, Gamble & Hamilton, Coral Gables, Fla., for Pauth-Arzuza.

John Lazarus, Miami, Fla. (Court-Appointed), for Perdoma-Cardona.

Marc Cooper, Greene & Cooper, P. A., Miami, Fla., for amicus curiae (NACDL).

Flynn, Rubio & Tarkoff, Vincent Flynn, Michael H. Tarkoff, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before VANCE, JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied September 7, 1982.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

We are faced today with an issue of first impression. We must determine whether 21 U.S.C.A. § 955a extends the criminal jurisdiction of the United States to all stateless vessels on the high seas engaged in the distribution of controlled substances.1 We conclude that it does.

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