UNITED STATES v. ONE 1978 BELL JET RAN. HELICOPTER

No. 82-5621.

707 F.2d 461 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ONE 1978 BELL JET RANGER HELICOPTER, SERIAL NUMBER 2464, LICENSE NUMBER N500RF, Defendant, Thomas S. Waldron, Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 13, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jones & Foster, P.A., Marjorie Gadarian Graham, Hayward D. Gay, West Palm Beach, Fla., for intervenor-appellant.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Joseph A. Florio, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Scott T. Kragie, Asst. U.S. Atty., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before VANCE and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of forfeiture to the United States of one helicopter belonging to one Ronald Fripp. The appeal is by Thomas Waldron, intervenor-claimant, who held a security interest on the helicopter.

I. STATEMENT OF FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS BELOW

Ronald Fripp was arrested using the disputed helicopter to transport 5,000 pounds of marijuana from Colombia to the United States. On July 14, 1980, the United...

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