U.S. v. OBREGON

No. 88-5396.

893 F.2d 1307 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ralph Jeff OBREGON, Julio Isaac Padron, Nelson Alberto Vasquez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

February 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, and Stewart G. Abrams, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Ralph Jeff Obregon.

Fred Schwartz and Raoul G. Cantero, III, Miami, Fla., for Nelson Alberto Vasquez.

Alvin E. Entin, Miami, Fla., for Julio Isaac Pardon.

Bruce C. Udolf, Mayra R. Lichter, and Linda C. Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., and Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Miami Fla., for the U.S.

Before HATCHETT and EDMONDSON Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we affirm the district court's rulings on sufficiency of the evidence, prosecutorial misconduct, and the validity of the search warrant.

FACTS

On May 13, 1987, a boarding party from the Coast Guard Cutter CAPEGULL boarded a forty-four foot vessel, the JANNIELL, which was anchored, without lights, in the vicinity of Nassau, Bahamas. The boarding party conducted a "space accountability search" to determine if...

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