UNITED STATES v. SEVERDIJA

No. 85-5077.

790 F.2d 1556 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nikolas SEVERDIJA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 10, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Marcus, U.S. Atty., Jon May, Sonia Escobio O'Donnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

Linda L. Carroll, P.A., Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellee.

Before HILL and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


HILL, Circuit Judge:

On October 27, 1981, appellee Nikolas Severdija was arrested by United States Coast Guard personnel after discovery of 8,000 pounds of marijuana aboard the vessel he captained. Severdija was subsequently tried and convicted in a jury trial of conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955c, and possession with the intent to distribute marijuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955a(a) and 18...

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