U.S. v. BENBOW

No. 07-10560.

539 F.3d 1327 (2008)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Christopher J. BENBOW, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 18, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth S. Siegel (Court-Appointed), Kenneth S. Siegel, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Benbow.

David Paul Rhodes, Tampa, FL, for U.S.

Before BIRCH, CARNES and COX, Circuit Judges.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

The facts underlying this case began like something out of a James Bond novel but soon morphed into an international drug conspiracy sting. After the tale was told at the district court level, Christopher Benbow was convicted of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. This is his appeal of that conviction.

I.

In the fall of 2003 Benbow, a citizen...

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