U.S. v. ALVAREZ

No. 86-5911.

837 F.2d 1024 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Marcelino Efrain ALVAREZ, Jose Delgado Ramirez, Juan Ramon Mosquero-Herrera, Juan Ramon Gomez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 19, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Smith, Coral Gables, Fla., for Marcelino Alvarez.

Paul M. Korchin, Coral Gables, Fla., for Jose Ramirez.

Carlos A. Rodriguez, Miami, Fla., for Juan Mosquera-Herrera.

Dave Lee Brannon, Henry M. Bugay, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Miami, Fla., for Juan Gomez.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Lee E. Stapleton, David O. Leiwant, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for U.S.

Before RONEY, Chief Judge, HATCHETT, Circuit Judge, and HODGES, Chief District Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this seizure-of-contraband-on-the-high-seas case, we affirm the judgments in the face of attacks that the trial was defective because the evidence was insufficient to support the convictions, a deliberate ignorance instruction should not have been given, the taking of a foreign deposition should have been allowed, the prosecutor engaged in misconduct, and expert testimony should not have been introduced.

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