U.S. v. BENNETT

No. 86-5861.

848 F.2d 1134 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael R. BENNETT, William G. Bennett, Anastasio Cervantes, Eydler Castellano, Maximo Hildo Feijo-Garcia, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 7, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Brian Brennan, West Palm Beach, Fla., Milton Hirsch, Miami, Fla., for Bennetts.

Donnie Murrell, Adler & Murrell, West Palm Beach, Fla., for Cervantes.

James L. Eisenberg, Green, Eisenberg & Cohen, West Palm Beach, Fla., for Castellano.

Leon B. Kellner, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Robert B. Cornell, Andrea M. Simonton, Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., Miguel Caridad, Asst. Federal Public Defender, for Feijo-Garcia.

Before FAY and VANCE, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, Senior District Judge.


VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This case arises out of the authorities' seizure of over 750 kilograms of cocaine. Appellants were each convicted of one count of possession with intent to distribute cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and one count of conspiracy to commit that offense in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Following their convictions all five appellants brought this appeal raising various points of...

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