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UNITED STATES v. KAERCHER

No. 83-1310.

720 F.2d 5 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William Cool KAERCHER, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Hesmer, Atlanta, Ga., with whom Garland, Nuckolls & Catts, P.C., Atlanta, Ga., was on brief, for appellant.

E.M. de Jesus, Asst. U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., with whom Daniel Lopez Romo, U.S. Atty., Hato Rey, P.R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOWNES and BREYER, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of violating a federal statute that makes it "unlawful for a citizen of the United States on board any vessel ... to possess with intent to ... distribute ... a controlled substance." 21 U.S.C. § 955a(b). His sole claim on this appeal is that the statute is contrary to international law and his conviction invalid because the United States lacks jurisdiction to prosecute one of its citizens for a drug offense committed outside...

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