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U.S. v. MANOTAS-MEJIA

No. 86-2667.

824 F.2d 360 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge MANOTAS-MEJIA, Justo Estrada-Tello, Julian Enriquez-Castro, and Samuel Ramirez-Rios, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 1, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Martinez, Houston, Tex. (court-appointed), for Estrado-Tello.

Ralph R. Martinez, Houston, Tex. (court-appointed), for Enriquez-Castro.

Kent Robinson, Andrews & Kurth, Houston, Tex., for Samuel Ramirez-Rios.

Stephen J. Finta, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Manotas-Mejia.

James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Atty., Henry K. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RANDALL, WILLIAMS and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 1, 1987.

JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

The defendants appeal their convictions for distributing and importing cocaine and for conspiracy. Upon review of the record we affirm the convictions.

I. The Stake Out

Jorge Manotas-Mejia, Justo Estrada-Tello, Julian Enriquez-Castro, and Samuel Ramirez-Rios were crew members on the Colombian ship CATALINA. Manotas was the ship's second engineer...

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