U.S. v. POTTS

Nos. 85-1294 to 85-1298 and 85-1334.

813 F.2d 231 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ronald M. POTTS, Steven H. Larsen, Olen R. Collum, Tyrone R. Swader, and Michael J. Houlahan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard L. Segal, Richard B. Mazer, Julie Traun, James Larsen, Laurence J. Lichter, Gilbert Eisenberg, and Randolph Daar, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellants.

Jeffrey W. Lawrence and Sanford Svetcov, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before TANG, SCHROEDER and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.


SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:

Federal agents arrested all five appellants aboard a fishing vessel in San Francisco Bay. The vessel was returning from international waters where its crew members, the appellants, had loaded it with approximately 45,000 pounds of marijuana. Each appellant pled guilty to importation of marijuana. The district court sentenced the appellants pursuant to a plea agreement in which the government agreed to recommend a period of incarceration of...

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