UNITED STATES v. ASTLING

Nos. 82-8503, 82-8559 and 82-8560.

733 F.2d 1446 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph F. "Joey" ASTLING, Robert Grego, Stanley Allen Terry, Bob Neal Carson, George Thompson, Bobby Adams Tyson, Loren G. "Lucky" Uridel, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph F. "Joey" ASTLING, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert GREGO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melissa S. Mundell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Savannah, Ga., Francis J. Martin, Appellate Sec., Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

John Fleming, Larry Bonner, Augusta, Ga., for Astling and Grego.

John L. Mixon, III (Court-appointed), Augusta, Ga., for Terry.

Richard Powell (Court-appointed), Augusta, Ga., for Thompson.

Elizabeth C. Calhoun, Augusta, Ga., for Uridel.

John Czura, Augusta, Ga., for Carson.

Paul W. Calhoun, Vidalia, Ga., Bruce S. Harvey, Atlanta, Ga., for Tyson.

Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and LYNNE, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

This case involves a scheme to import marijuana by air from Jamaica and to distribute it across the United States. The pilot in the scheme had been arrested as a result of a prior marijuana smuggling flight and was working as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). After he flew in the load of marijuana at issue here, DEA agents rounded up appellants Carson, Thompson, Terry, and...

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