UNITED STATES v. CROXTON

Nos. 73-1304 to 73-1306.

482 F.2d 231 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gordon Edward CROXTON, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Claude TREMBLAY, Defendant-Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Raul GARCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert Veliz, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender (argued), Tucson, Ariz., for appellant (Croxton).

Leon Thikoll (argued), of Thikoll & Johnson, Tucson, Ariz., for appellant (Tremblay).

James L. Robinson, Jr. (argued), Tucson, Ariz., for appellant (Garcia).

Ann Brown, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), William C. Smitherman, U. S. Atty., James E. Mueller, Asst. U. S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for the United States.

Before BARNES and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, Sr., District Judge.


WALLACE, Circuit Judge:

Croxton, Tremblay, and Garcia were convicted of conspiracy to import marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 963. Their appeal questions whether a conspiracy agreement was finally formed and whether they were entrapped. We affirm.

The three were in Arizona making plans to fly 800 pounds of marijuana into the United States; Tremblay had access to this amount near his home in Mazatlan, Mexico. They travelled to Phoenix and attempted...

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