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UNITED STATES v. BENT

No. 81-6150 Non-Argument Calendar.

702 F.2d 210 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar BENT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 4, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh J. Behan, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla. (court appointed), for defendant-appellant.

Eileen M. O'Connor, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, JOHNSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Oscar Bent, a Colombian juvenile, was arrested by Coast Guard officers in July 1981 on board the "ROBIN", a sixty-foot American shrimp trawler anchored twenty miles south of Cape Romano, Florida. A fishing moratorium was in effect in the waters surrounding the remote Cape Romano area, and the ROBIN did not carry fishing gear or display a flag. It was, however, equipped with sophisticated electronic equipment and it carried 6,520 pounds...

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