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U.S. v. LEDESMA-CUESTA

No. 02-1827.

347 F.3d 527 (2003)

UNITED STATES of America v. Diodayan LEDESMA-CUESTA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: October 17, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert K. Reed, Office of United States Attorney, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellee.

Hope C. Lefeber, Philadelphia, PA, Counsel for Appellant.

Before: BARRY, FUENTES, and ROSENN, Circuit Judges.

Submitted Under Third Circuit L.A.R. 34.1(a) June 2, 2003.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FUENTES, Circuit Judge.

During passage from Colombia to Philadelphia, about 400 miles north of the Bahamas in the mid-Atlantic, the crew of a merchant ship, the Trojan Star, discovered defendant, Diodayan Ledesma-Cuesta (hereinafter "Ledesma") and approximately four kilos of cocaine aboard their vessel. When the ship arrived in Philadelphia, the crew handed the defendant...

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