U.S. v. JUDA

Nos. 93-10439, 93-10721, 93-10724, 93-10729 and 93-10730.

46 F.3d 961 (1995)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Olaf Peter JUDA; Raymond Edward Missell; Anthony Burg; Frans Gustaaf Van Der Hoeven; and Christopher Dean Paris, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diane Marie Amann, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Juda.

Judd C. Iversen & Julie A. Berliner, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Burg.

Sanford Svetcov & Melinda L. Haag, Landels, Ripley & Diamond, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellant Missell.

Benson B. Weintraub, South Beach, FL, for defendant-appellant Van Der Hoeven.

Carl A. Gonzer, San Rafael, CA, for defendant-appellant Paris.

Dennis Michael Nerney, Asst. U.S. Atty., San Francisco, CA & Sara Criscitelli, U.S. Dept. of Justice, for plaintiff-appellee U.S.

Before: SKOPIL, SCHROEDER, and RYMER, Circuit Judges.


SKOPIL, Senior Circuit Judge:

These appeals address the authority of the United States to apprehend individuals on the high seas and the jurisdiction to prosecute them for violations of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act (MDLEA), 46 U.S.C.App. §§ 1901-04. Defendants entered conditional guilty pleas to charges of possession of drugs with intent to distribute, 46 U.S.C. § 1903(a), and arson, 18 U.S.C. § 81. All reserved the right to seek appellate...

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