21 U.S.C. § 955
Possession on board vessels, etc., arriving in or departing from United States
It shall be unlawful for any person to bring or possess on board any vessel or aircraft, or on board any vehicle of a carrier, arriving in or departing from the United States or the customs territory of the United States, a controlled substance in schedule I or II or a narcotic drug in schedule III or IV, unless such substance or drug is a part of the cargo entered in the manifest or part of the official supplies of the vessel, aircraft, or vehicle.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 92
cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1972–2026 · leading case: United States v. Gamboa-Cardenas, 508 F.3d 491 (9th Cir. 2007).
United States v. Gamboa-Cardenas, 508 F.3d 491 (9th Cir. 2007). “§ 1903 more severely than violations of 21 U.S.C. § 955 . See Olave-Valencia, 371 F.”
United States v. David Lloyd Nickens, 955 F.2d 112 (1st Cir. 1992). “§ 841 (a)(1); and arrival in the United States on board an aircraft in possession of cocaine not entered in the aircraft’s manifest, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955 . The district court sentenced Nickens to 95 months imprisonment on each of the three counts, to be served…”
United States v. Jorge Armando Aguilar-Pena, 887 F.2d 347 (1st Cir. 1989). “§ 841 ; count 3— possession of undocumented cocaine on an aircraft “arriving in" the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 955 . 1 *349 Pursuant to a nonbinding plea agreement, see Fed.”
United States v. Bertie Alexander Wright, 873 F.2d 437 (1st Cir. 1989). “§ 952 (a) (1982), and in Count II with unlawfully possessing cocaine on a vessel arriving in the United States, 21 U.S.C. § 955 . The government entered into a plea bargain with Wright; it agreed to move to dismiss Count I in return for Wright’s plea of guilty to Count II.”
United States v. Darrel Riviere, 924 F.2d 1289 (3rd Cir. 1991). “The embassy then again requested the Dominican government to detain Riviere for extradition but in its note referred only to the count for violating 21 U.S.C. § 955 . Though this note is dated April 11, it was stamped received by the Dominican Attorney General’s Office on April…”
United States v. Angel John Zabaneh, 837 F.2d 1249 (5th Cir. 1988). “§ 2 and 21 U.S.C. §§ 955 and 960(a)(2); and Count 8: aiding and abetting the possession of approximately 1,160 pounds of marihuana with intent to distribute, in violation of 18 U.”
United States v. Alfredo Mosquera-Murillo, 902 F.3d 285 (D.C. Cir. 2018). “, 21 U.S.C. § 955 ) and § 960(b), the defendants in these cases violated both the MDLEA and § 960(b).”
United States v. Geovanni Quintero Rendon, 354 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2003). “” 21 U.S.C. § 955 . Whether Rendon was within the customs territory of the United States is irrelevant to his prosecution.”
United States v. Jesus M. Lopez-Gil, 965 F.2d 1124 (1st Cir. 1992). “§ 952 (a); and of possession of cocaine on board an aircraft without the cocaine being entered on the cargo manifest or the official supply list, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955 . 1 López-Gil appeals his conviction on the ground that there was insufficient evidence at trial to…”
United States v. Gloria Patricia Ocampo-Guarin, 968 F.2d 1406 (1st Cir. 1992). “§ 952 (a); and (3) possessing cocaine on board an aircraft, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 955 . On appeal Ocampo-Guarin challenges the sufficiency of the evidence.”
United States v. Orlando Franchi-Forlando, 838 F.2d 585 (1st Cir. 1988). “§ 841 (1982); and (3) unlawfully possessing cocaine on an aircraft “arriving in” the United States without proper listing in the aircraft’s documents, 21 U.S.C. § 955 (1982). The district court sentenced Fran-chi-Forlando to three fifteen-year prison terms, one on each count, to…”
United States v. Pedro Ortiz-Alarcon, 917 F.2d 651 (1st Cir. 1990). “§ 952 (a) and 21 U.S.C. § 955 — passed this test with flying colors.”
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