United States Eleventh Circuit

Convictions for conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it while on board a vessel subject to U.S. jurisdiction, in case where government's destruction of allegedly exculpatory evidence did not require dismissal of the indictment, is affirmed as the destruction of the vessel, the contents of which the government attempted to document, did not violate the Due Process Clause of the 14th Amendment and the district court appropriately refused to dismiss the indictment on that ground.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/26/2006
• Published 10/26/2006

Judges

• GRANADE, District Judge:, Before TJOFLAT and HILL, Circuit Judges, and GRANADE, Chief District Judge.

Court

• United States Eleventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Linda Julin McNamara, Tampa, FL, for U.S., Pedro L. Amador, Jr. (Court-Appointed), Pedro L. Amador, P.A., Tampa, FL, for Garcia-Estupinon.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mark W. Ciaravella (Court-Appointed), Richard L. Cox, Jr. (Court-Appointed) and Stephen M. Crawford (Court-Appointed), Tampa, FL, Darlene Calzon Barror (Court-Appointed), Law Office of Darlene Calzon Barror, Tampa, FL, for Defendants-Appellants in 03-14361.