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U.S. v. PRETEL

No. 90-3610.

939 F.2d 233 (1991)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando Segura PRETEL, Abraham Valencia Codognotto, Orlando Enriquez Munoz Herrera, Gregorio José Carrasquilla Garrido, Arsenio Marin Pineda, Alvaro German Salgado-Caballero, and Orlando Barrero Morales, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 6, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark McTernan, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for Pretel.

Daniel A. McGovern, IV, Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for Codognotto.

Brian M. Begue, Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for Herrera.

Robert P. Early, Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for Garrido.

John Simmons, Jr., Federal Public Defender, Covington, La. (court-appointed), for Pineda.

Milton Masinter, Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for Orlando B. Morales.

Dwight M. Doskey, Federal Public Defender, Harvey, La. (court-appointed), for Amaya.

John T. Mulvehill, Federal Public Defender and Robert F. Barnard, Asst. Federal Public Defender, New Orleans, La. (court-appointed), for Salgado-Caballero.

Michael E. McMahon, Peter G. Strasser, Eileen G. Shaver, Asst. U.S. Attys., and John P. Volz, U.S. Atty., New Orleans, for U.S.

Before WISDOM, KING, and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

The appellants, all crew members of the vessel Zedom Sea, challenge their convictions for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute while on board a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. They contend that the court erred in determining jurisdiction as a matter of law, in failing to dismiss the indictment based on the government's alleged destruction of evidence, and in admitting purportedly irrelevant and prejudicial...

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