UNITED STATES v. TAFOYA

No. 71-1567.

459 F.2d 424 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Melchor TAFOYA, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

May 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Turner W. Branch, of Branch & Dixon, Albuquerque, N. M., for appellant.

Richard J. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Victor R. Ortega, U. S. Atty., and Victor R. Seizemore, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief), for appellee.

Before HILL, SETH, and DOYLE, Circuit Judges.


SETH, Circuit Judge.

Melchor Tafoya, Jr., appeals from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict, for the possession of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174.

The evidence in this case, uncontested on appeal, reveals these facts: At the time of his arrest, the defendant, along with his grandmother, his sister, and other members of his family, occupied three adjacent houses in Albuquerque, New Mexico. On the afternoon of April 14, 1971, several...

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