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U.S. v. JAMES

No. 91-6034.

986 F.2d 441 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Benjamin Acardo JAMES, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 19, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Wallace, Linda Collins Hertz, Harriett R. Galvin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Miami, FL, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lori Barrist, Alison Marie Igoe, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Miami, FL, for defendant-appellee.

Before KRAVITCH and BIRCH, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal, we are asked to interpret the cost provisions of the federal law that makes it a crime to "knowingly and willfully communicate a false distress message to the United States Coast Guard." 14 U.S.C. § 88(c) (1990). We hold that, under the plain meaning of the statute, persons who knowingly and willfully cause the Coast Guard to expend resources on a false search and rescue mission...

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