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UNITED STATES v. LOALZA-VASQUEZ

No. 83-3053.

735 F.2d 153 (1984)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Osvaldo LOALZA-VASQUEZ, Jairo Perez-Ricardo, Miguel Maldonado-Toro, Rodolfo Manjarres-Valest, Felipo Ibarra-Estrgryn, Raul Rivas, Herberto Keheda, Hernando Riascos-Torres, Roberto Ariza-Vargas, Juan Carrasquilla-Lombana, and Guillermo Saldana, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 14, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Mulvehill, Federal Public Defender, Virginia Laughlin Schlueter, Asst. Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La., for Vargas.

Paul Morris, Miami, Fla., for other defendants-appellants.

John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., Harry W. McSherry, Jr., Marilyn G. Barnes, Asst. U.S. Attys., New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RANDALL, TATE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

Eleven defendants appeal from their conviction after jury trial on three drug-importation related charges. On appeal, they contend, inter alia, that United States jurisdiction of the charges was not shown where the vessel was seized in the Gulf of Mexico some 250 miles from the United States coast, and that their convictions should be reversed because the district court abused its discretion in refusing to grant their request for a severence and...

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