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U.S. v. ALOMIA-RIASCOS

Nos. 86-5104, 86-5112, 86-5117, 86-5118 and 86-5120.

825 F.2d 769 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis ALOMIA-RIASCOS, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar Dejesus ARANGO-VERGARA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sinbad PEREA-BALTAN, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilfredo CAICEDO-VALENCIA, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Optaciano RIVAS-RIVAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 10, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Milton Gordon Widenhouse, Jr., for defendants-appellants.

Gloria C. Phares, Dept. of Justice (Samuel T. Currin, U.S. Atty., on brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RUSSELL and WILKINS, Circuit Judges, and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Senior Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, sitting by designation.

WILKINS, Circuit Judge:

Defendants appeal from their convictions for possession with intent to distribute marijuana while on board a vessel within the customs waters of the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 955a(c) (West 1981). Primarily, they contend that their convictions under Section 955a(c) violate the constitutional prohibition against ex post facto laws. We affirm the convictions.1

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