U.S. v. CRUICKSHANK

No. 14-13754.

837 F.3d 1182 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlington CRUICKSHANK, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: September 20, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roberta Josephina Bodnar , U.S. Attorney's Office, Orlando, FL, Arthur Lee Bentley, III , Joseph K. Ruddy , U.S. Attorney's Office, Tampa, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Tracy N. DaCruz , The DaCruz Law Firm, PLLC, Rosemary Cakmis , Donna Lee Elm , Federal Public Defender's Office, Orlando, FL, Jenny L. Devine , Mara Allison Guagliardo , Federal Public Defender's Office, Tampa, FL, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before MARCUS and WILLIAM PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, District Judge.


On February 11, 2014, the U.S. Coast Guard recovered 171 kilograms of cocaine from a vessel known as the "Venus" in international waters in the Caribbean Sea. Carlington Cruickshank, one of two men aboard the vessel, was later convicted and sentenced to 324 months' imprisonment for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent...

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