UNITED STATES v. PEARSON

Nos. 85-7221, 85-7336.

791 F.2d 867 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. James PEARSON, Evan Walton Taylor, Defendants-Appellants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Kenneth Daniel RAINEY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 17, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Watters, Mobile, Ala., for Pearson.

Rose A. McPhillips, Mobile, Ala., for Taylor.

J.B. Sessions, III, U.S. Atty., Gloria A. Bedwell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Mobile, Ala., for the U.S.

Desmond B. Toler, Mobile, Ala., for Rainey.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and DUMBAULD, Senior District Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

The appellants in these cases were indicted together in the Southern District of Alabama for offenses arising out of marijuana smuggling activity. All three appellants were arrested on the high seas by the Coast Guard. Appellant Taylor was arrested on board the vessel AURORA I, a Panamanian freighter. Appellants Pearson and Rainey were arrested on board the ADRIANA BELLE, a fishing vessel of American...

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