VASQUEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 17032.

290 F.2d 897 (1961)

Joe VASQUEZ and Joe Garcia Verduzco, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 15, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Doyle, San Francisco, Cal., for appellants.

Laurence E. Dayton, U. S. Atty., and John Kaplan, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before HAMLEY, HAMLIN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


HAMLEY, Circuit Judge.

Joe Vasquez and Joe Garcia Verduzco were jointly tried and convicted under a one-count indictment charging the sale and facilitation of the sale and transportation of nine grains of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. Appealing to this court, they argue that the trial court erred in denying their motion for acquittal and in failing to give a requested instruction.

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