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UNITED STATES v. LAVADO

No. 83-5285.

750 F.2d 1527 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Henry LAVADO, Jr., Rafael Antonio Garcia-Andriany, Lee Roy Sawyer, Alexander Molina, Nicanor Carranza-Villa, Alejandro Ferreira-Rengifo, Orlando Velasquez-Silva, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 24, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thornton, Rothman, Adelstein & Moreno; Leon E. Sharpe, Miami, Fla. (court-appointed), for Lavado.

William S. Isenberg, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., for Garcia-Andriany.

Lee Roy Sawyer, pro se.

Alexander Molina, pro se.

William M. Norris, Linda Collins-Hertz, Kathleen M. Williams, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Humberto J. Aguilar (court appointed), Fernandez, Caubi, Fernandez & Aguilar, P.A., Miami, Fla., for Carranza-Villa.

Robyn J. Hermann, Public Defender, Charles M. Auslander, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Alejandro Ferreica-Renigfo.

Kathy Hamilton, Coral Gables, Fla. (court appointed), for Orlando Velasquez-Silva.

Geoffrey C. Fleck, Weiner, Robbins, Tunkey & Ross, Miami, Fla., for Sawyer & Molina.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, HILL, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

Defendants are a group of three Americans and four Colombians convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States1 and possession with intent to distribute marijuana.2 All the convictions are affirmed.

FACTS

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