Government
Mar. 16, 2006
Mistakes Sink Drug Boat Case
SAN FRANCISCO - Two big mistakes sunk the U.S. government's convictions of 10 Colombians in a two-ton cocaine bust at sea: the prosecutor's failure to prove a San Diego court had jurisdiction over the matter - and his statement to jurors that they should deliberate with a presumption of guilt, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Two big mistakes sunk the U.S. government's convictions of 10 Colombians in a two-ton cocaine bust at sea: the prosecutor's failure to prove a San Diego court had jurisdiction over the matter - and his statement to jurors that they should deliberate with a presumption of guilt, a 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled.
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