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U.S. v. LEHDER-RIVAS

Nos. 88-3344, 88-3596.

955 F.2d 1510 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Enrique LEHDER-RIVAS, a/k/a Joe Lehder, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos Enrique LEHDER-RIVAS, a/k/a Joe Lehder, Jack Carlton Reed, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 25, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Richard Strafer, Miami, Fla., for Carlos Enrique Lehder-Rivas.

Stephen J. Weinbaum, Jacksonville, Fla., for Jack Carlton Reed.

Ernst D. Mueller, Asst. U.S. Atty., Jacksonville, Fla., for U.S. in both cases.

Karla R. Spaulding, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., for U.S. in case No. 88-3596.

Before COX, Circuit Judge, JOHNSON and REAVLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.

JOHNSON, Senior Circuit Judge:

I. STATEMENT OF THE CASE

A. Background Facts

From early 1978 through 1981, Carlos Enrique Lehder-Rivas (Lehder) served as leader of a cocaine smuggling organization which utilized as its major base for operations the island of Norman's Cay in the Bahamas. Lehder's planes, or those of his pilots, transported cocaine from Colombia to Norman's Cay in loads ranging from 150 to 500 kilograms. Later, on a second...

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