U.S. v. CHAMPION

No. 85-5693.

813 F.2d 1154 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Stanford CHAMPION, Gene Slusser, Eldon L. Morgan, Jr., Lester Spainhoward, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. White, Miami, Fla., for Champion

George dePozsgay, Howard, Brawner, Lovett & dePozsgay, Miami, Fla., for Slusser.

Linda L. Carroll, Miami, Fla., for Morgan.

Fred A. Schwartz, Entin, Schwartz, Barbakoff & Schwartz, Ron A. Dion, Miami, Fla., for Spainhoward.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Richard Harris, David Leiwant, Sonia O'Donnell, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for the U.S.

Before KRAVITCH and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, Senior Circuit Judge.


KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

A large marijuana importation conspiracy that spanned more than four years and allegedly involved at least twenty attempts to transport marijuana by small aircraft from Jamaica into south Florida forms the basis of this appeal. Some of these alleged "loads" were charged, others were not. The "hub" of the conspiracy was appellant Stanford Champion (Stan) who allegedly worked with the nineteen indicted codefendants, and other unindicted individuals...

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