U.S. v. WILLIAMS

No. 15-15360.

865 F.3d 1328 (2017)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Vanston Venner WILLIAMS, Mario Alin Bent Barker, Edince Garcia Cardoza, Hendrick Guillermo Linero Duffis, Carlos Clemente Henry Taylor, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 1, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip Drew DiRosa , Wifredo A. Ferrer , Brandy Brentari Galler , Daren Grove , Kurt K. Lunkenheimer , Jeremy McCall , Yvonne Rodriguez-Schack , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney's Office, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Michael Caruso , Federal Public Defender, Brenda Greenberg Bryn , Chantel Renee' Doakes, Federal Public Defender's Office, for Defendant-Appellant Vanston Venner Williams.

Herman Frank Rubio, Jr. , Law Offices of H. Frank Rubio, MIAMI SHORES, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Mario Alin Bent Barker.

Sherri A. Romano , Sherri A. Romano, PA, MIAMI, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Edince Garcia Cardoza.

Dennis Nicholas Urbano , Greenberg Stone & Urbano, MIAMI, FL, Rodney W. Bryson, Sr. , Law Offices of Rodney Bryson, Sr., WELLINGTON, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Hendrick Guillermo Linero Duffis.

Hector L. Flores , Barzee Flores , MIAMI, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Carlos Clemente Henry Taylor.

Before JORDAN and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and PROCTOR, District Judge.


In the waning hours of May 9, 2015, the crew of the Rasputin — defendants Vanston Venner Williams, Mario Alin Bent Barker, Carlos Clemente Henry Taylor, Edince Garcia Cardoza, and Hendrick Guillermo Linero Duffis — were traveling away from Colon, Panama when, much like their vessel's namesake, their luck...

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