UNITED STATES v. MATUTE

No. 84-5701. Non-Argument Calendar.

767 F.2d 1511 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pleno MATUTE, Hernan Estrada, Carlos Martinez, Juan Guerreoro, Jose Saavedra, Eric Prentt and Thomas Herrera, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jose J. Larraz, Jr., Larraz & Larraz, PA, Miami, Fla., for Matute/Estrada.

Elias B. Rudnikas, Miami, Fla., for Martinez/Guerreoro.

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Glenn Feldman, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Saavedra & Herrera.

Henry Volpe, Miami, Fla., for Prentt.

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Andrea M. Simonton, Linda Collins-Hertz, Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TJOFLAT, HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants Matute, Estrada, Martinez, Guerreoro, Saavedra, Prentt and Herrera were found in international waters by the United States Coast Guard on a boat containing 60,000 pounds of marijuana. Appellants were indicted for conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute marijuana under 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 955a(a), 955c and 18 U.S.C.A. § 2. Prior to entering their pleas, all appellants joined in a motion to dismiss the indictments...

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