UNITED STATES v. DE FILLO

No. 226, Docket 24787.

257 F.2d 835 (1958)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Santiago DE FILLO and Viola Gonzales, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nicholas Atlas, New York City, for appellants.

William S. Lynch, Asst. U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., Mark F. Hughes, Asst. U. S. Atty., Southern District of New York, New York City, on the brief), for appellee.

Before MEDINA, WATERMAN and MOORE, Circuit Judges.


MOORE, Circuit Judge.

The defendants Santiago DeFillo and Viola Gonzales appeal from a judgment of conviction upon a jury verdict of the offense of conspiring to violate the United States narcotics laws (21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174; 18 U.S.C.A. § 371). The defendant DeFillo, as a second narcotics offender, received a sentence of nine years, the defendant Viola Gonzales three years.

The indictment, in substance, charged defendants with conspiring...

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