UNITED STATES v. MASPERO

No. 73-2741.

496 F.2d 1354 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David Edward MASPERO, Frank Mejia Ruiz, and Roger Pacheco, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied September 12, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Nicholas, C. Thomas Behrman, San Antonio, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., Joel D. Conant, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

The appellants were convicted under two counts relating to 2,900 pounds of marijuana, Count One, conspiracy to import and to possess with intent to distribute, and Count Four, possession with intent to distribute.1 They question the validity of searches of the trailer in which the marijuana was found and the sufficiency of the evidence to support their convictions.

I. The searches.

There was evidence...

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