UNITED STATES v. BODDEN

Nos. 83-5073 to 83-5075, 83-5079 and 83-5080.

736 F.2d 142 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walney Barrick BODDEN, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jose Maria Mosquera CANIZALES, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Walter Esquerra GONZALES, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Emerio Cossio CORDOBA, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Hugo Pena PENA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

P.D. Aiken, Fort Lauderdale, for appellants.

Michael A. Cauley, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Elsie L. Munsell, U.S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before HALL and ERVIN, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

In a joint trial, the five appealing defendants were convicted of possession of marijuana while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, possession of marijuana knowing that it would be unlawfully imported into the United States, and conspiracy to commit the two substantive offenses.

We find no merit in their appeals, and affirm.

I.

The sixty foot vessel, Bonita, when approximately...

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