U.S. v. HILL

No. 89-6136.

935 F.2d 196 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Uradell HILL, a/k/a Uradell Williams, a/k/a Uradell Jones, a/k/a Uradell Ceasar, Eric Darwin Dobson, a/k/a Eric Williams, a/k/a Eric Johnson, a/k/a Hardrock Johnson, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith M. Krasnove, Keith M. Krasnove, P.A., Coral Springs, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Dexter W. Lehtinen, U.S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Neil Karadbil, Linda C. Hertz, Luis M. Perez, Lynne W. Lamprecht, Asst. U.S. Attys., W. Palm Beach, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HATCHETT and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

This criminal drug case is affirmed based upon the district court's implicit ruling that the appellants had the burden of producing evidence to show that their importation of cocaine into the United States was permitted under authority granted to the Attorney General of the United States.

FACTS

In July, 1986, David Cavenaugh, a pilot, met Jimmy Ceasar. In early 1987, Ceasar introduced Cavenaugh to Uradell Hill, one of the...

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