United States Third Circuit

The lack of nexus and fact that the final destination of the vessel captained by the defendant was not the US was irrelevant to the jurisdiction of the US to prosecute defendant under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act, where the Panamanian government consented to the search of the vessel, which was registered in Panama.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/04/2001
• Decided 02/20/2002
• Published 02/20/2002

Judges

• Before:  BECKER, Chief Judge, NYGAARD and COWEN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Third Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Douglas J. Beevers, Esq., (Argued), Office of Federal Public Defender, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas USVI, Counsel for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Nelson L. Jones, Esq., (Argued), Office of the United States Attorney, Charlotte Amalie,St. Thomas USVI, Counsel for Appellee.