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UNITED STATES v. WRAY

Nos. 84-1293, 84-1294.

748 F.2d 31 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William A. WRAY, Defendant, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Gordon R. MacGILLVRAY, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided November 8, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nancy Gertner, Boston, Mass., with whom David L. Kelston, Silverglate, Gertner, Baker & Fine, Andrew Good, and John J. Barter, Boston, Mass., were on brief, for defendants, appellants.

Oliver C. Mitchell, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom William F. Weld, U.S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before BOWNES, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH and SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judges.

BAILEY ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge.

Defendants were convicted of various narcotic offenses as a result of a Coast Guard boarding of their yacht on the high seas on June 22, 1983, and the discovery of two and a half tons of marijuana in plain sight, below deck. On this appeal the only questions concern the legality of the boarding. We affirm.

Overture

Defendants, Wray and MacGillvray, were the sole crew of the 45' fibre-glass yawl OCEAN OVERTURE...

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