United States v. Stephen F. Ellender, Jim Swope, Roger Dale Collins, and Jim Bourgeois, United States of America v. Carl Tangredi

U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit · Decided 1991-11-12

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EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge. These appeals are the remnants of an ambitious drug prosecution involving a cast of 187 defendants, scores of witnesses, numerous sailing vessels, many thousands of pounds of marijuana, and hundreds of kilograms of cocaine. Courtroom spectators heard accounts of great intrigue spanning several years and involving colorful characters, including a ce…

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