UNITED STATES v. BLANCO

No. 83-5485.

754 F.2d 940 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Pedro BLANCO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey D. Fisher, Sp. Asst. U.S. Atty., Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Law Offices of Fernandez, Caubi, Fernandez & Aguilar, P.A., Luis Fernandez, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and ATKINS, District Judge.


ATKINS, District Judge:

A complaint was filed by the United States of America against the appellee, Pedro Blanco, to collect a fine of $43,000 imposed against him for bringing into the United States from Cuba on June 3, 1980, a group of 43 undocumented aliens. At a trial on the merits it was shown that (a) he had in April, 1980 brought 60 undocumented aliens into the United States and had been notified he would be fined $1000 for each such alien and (b) when he returned...

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