UNITED STATES v. O'SHEA

No. 78-5368 Summary Calendar.

588 F.2d 199 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bartholomew O'SHEA and Milton K. Pinder, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 22, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Jay Hogan, Joseph Mincberg, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Karen L. Atkinson, Asst. U. S. Atty., West Palm Beach, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Defendants appeal their convictions for importation of marijuana, claiming insufficient evidence that the marijuana seized was en route from outside the United States.

Customs and law enforcement officers patrolling Lake Worth Inlet in the early morning hours of August 12, 1977, sighted an approaching boat about one-half mile from the inlet. The boat entered the inlet and was found to contain 4,565 pounds of marijuana. Defendants O'Shea and Pinder...

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