UNITED STATES v. WRIGHT-BARKER

Nos. 84-5845, 84-5846, 84-5847, 84-5848, 84-5849, 84-5850, 84-5851, 84-5852, 84-5853, 84-5854 and 84-5855.

784 F.2d 161 (1986)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Alfredo WRIGHT-BARKER, Appellant in 84-5845. Appeal of Holger CASTILLO, in 84-5846. Appeal of Buenventura GARCIA-SANMIGUEL, in 84-5847. Appeal of Alvaro MANOSALVA-GOMEZ, in 84-5848. Appeal of Philip Dennison CHIN, in 84-5849. Appeal of Hernando Jose THOMAS-ESCOBAR, in 84-5850. Appeal of Jose VALENCINO-ORTIZ, in 84-5851. Appeal of Robinson A. ROSADO-VIZCAINO, in 84-5852. Appeal of Basilio IGUALA-IGUALA, in 84-5853. Appeal of Rafael Enrique SAMPAYO-VEGA, in 84-5854. Appeal of Elgaro Alberto FLOREZ-DOMINGUEZ, in 84-5855.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 14, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Hunt Dumont, U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., for appellee; Donald J. Fay, Chief, Appeals Div., on brief.

John J. Hughes, Asst. Federal Public Defender for the D. of N.J., Camden, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5845.

McLemore and McElroy, Trenton, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5846; Paul D. McLemore, on brief.

James R. Murphy, CJA Court Approved Counsel, Trenton, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5847.

Paul T. Koenig, Jr., Pennington, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5848.

Lynne F. Stewart, Hoboken, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5849.

Harry G. Parkin, Lawrenceville, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5850.

Robert DeGeorge, Paglione, Massi & DeGeorge, Trenton, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5851.

Jeffrey P. Blumstein, Szaferman, Lakind, Blumstein, Watter & Blader, Lawrenceville, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5852.

Kevin M. Shanahan, Hartsough, Shanahan & Innes, Princeton, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5853.

David L. Rhoads, of counsel and on brief, Lawrenceville, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5854.

Robert J. Haney, Moran & Haney, Lawrenceville, N.J., for appellant in No. 84-5855.

Before ADAMS, SLOVITER and MANSMANN Circuit Judges.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6) January 6, 1986.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

On May 1, 1984, the United States Coast Guard cutter Active stopped and boarded the Ida II, a coastal freighter of Panamanian registry. The incident occurred in the North Atlantic, approximately 200 miles east of the New Jersey coast. A search of the Ida II uncovered over 23 tons of marijuana, carefully secreted...

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