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UNITED STATES v. CARTER

No. 83-3533.

760 F.2d 1568 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. J.R. "Buddy" CARTER, Joy Carter, Kevin Sheehy, William M. "Billy" Butts, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 28, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Rogow, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., for Joy Carter.

Richard Hersch, Barry J. Siegel, South Miami, Fla., for Kevin Sheehy.

Karen Berkowitz, Tampa, Fla., for William Butts.

Bruce J. Ennis, Kit Kinports, Washington, D.C., for J.R. Carter.

Lynn Cole, Asst. U.S. Atty., Tampa, Fla., Kathleen A. Felton, Crim. Div., Appellate Section, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before FAY and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and DYER, Senior Circuit Judge.

FAY, Circuit Judge:

On July 9, 1981, United States Customs officials in Miami monitored and pursued a suspicious airplane as it made its way from the Bahamas into the United States. The plane eventually landed on a secluded grass airstrip along Florida's west coast. Federal agents quickly converged on the scene, but by the time they arrived, the suspects had fled. The agents did, however, find evidence of marijuana aboard the abandoned plane. Following a lengthy investigation...

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