UNITED STATES v. MARTINEZ

No. 81-5529.

700 F.2d 1358 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marino Sanchez MARTINEZ, Dario Cordova Vargas-Blandon, Eldidio Bezerra-Anicatide, Julio Velez-Miranda, Disildo Gallardo Smith, Ausberto Ricar-Sanchez, Adalberto Pedrosa-Caicedo, Sabino Iris Gutierrez, Rafael Ballesteros-Velazquez, Manuel Mesino Pajaro, Rafael C. Correa, Victor C. Fuentes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Smith, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Vargas-Blandon.

Paul M. Korchin, Miami, Fla., for Gallardo Smith.

Fernando E. Heria, Hialeah, Fla., for Rafael Cordova-Correa.

Mary Catherine Bonner, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Velez-Miranda.

G. David O'Leary, Miami, Fla., for Bezerra-Anicatide.

Robin B. Gluck, Miami, Fla., for Sabino Gutierrez.

Thomas D. Sclafani, Ron Dion, Entin, Schwartz, Angert, Dion & Broudy, North Miami Beach, Fla., for Pedrosa-Caicedo.

Steven E. Kreisberg, court-appointed, Miami, Fla., for Ricar-Sanchez.

Juan Ramirez, Jr., Coral Gables, Fla., for Ballesteros-Velazquez.

Thomas F. Almon, Almon & Brodsky, court-appointed, Miami, Fla., for Pajaro.

Glenn Bruce Kritzer, Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, James G. McAdams, III, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and MARKEY, Chief Judge.


FAY, Circuit Judge:

Thirteen defendants appeal their convictions of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. Section 955c, and possession with intent to distribute marijuana, 21 U.S.C. Section 955a(a). The appellants present many issues on appeal relating to jurisdiction, admission of a foreign document, cautionary instructions on a prior conviction, the sufficiency of the evidence, jury instruction on stateless vessels, the seizure of...

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