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U.S. v. PEREZ-OVIEDO

No. 01-2512.

281 F.3d 400 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, v. Jose Luis PEREZ-OVIEDO, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed February 20, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas J. Beevers, Esq., (Argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI, Counsel for Appellant.

Nelson L. Jones, Esq., (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI, Counsel for Appellee.

Before: BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

COWEN, Circuit Judge.

I.

Jose Luis Perez-Oviedo ("Perez-Oviedo") agreed to be the captain of the Adriatik, a Panamanian registered vessel. In October of 1999, the Adriatik left the port of Cartagena, Colombia and arrived in Barranquilla, Colombia, where it was loaded with 800 tons of sugar. The ship left Barranquilla and at the mouth of the Magdalena River over 2 tons of cocaine were loaded from a fishing boat. The vessel then...

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