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· 8/21/1980

United States v. Michael Joseph Arra, Steven Scott Aschinger, and Overton Baker Pettit

Citations

  • 630 F.2d 836
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14659
  • 1982 A.M.C. 1216

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that the testimony of the arresting officers alone would have been sufficient to sustain the conviction
  • \Vessels have the nationality of the nation whose flag they are entitled to fly . . . .\ (emphasis added)
  • “One of the three boarders, Seaman Arce, carried a loaded shotgun, and the other two had handguns. Seaman Arce stood guard over the crew . . . during the course of the document and safety inspection.”
  • objective reasonableness of officer’s action determines existence of pretext

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Judges: Campbell, Bownes, Loughlin

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