MORENO RIOS v. UNITED STATES

No. 5283.

256 F.2d 68 (1958)

Miguel A. MORENO RIOS, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerardo Ortiz Del Rivero, San Juan, P. R., for appellant.

Ruben Rodriguez-Antongiorgi, U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., for appellee.

Juan B. Fernandez Badillo, Atty. Gen., Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Arturo Estrella, Asst. Atty. Gen., Abe Fortas, Washington, D. C., and Jose Trias Monge, San Juan, P. R., on the brief for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, as amicus curiae.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and MARIS and WOODBURY, Circuit Judges.


MAGRUDER, Chief Judge.

Miguel A. Moreno Rios, after having pleaded guilty to an information charging a violation of the Narcotic Drugs Import and Export Act, 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 171, 173, 174, and having been sentenced thereon as a second offender to a term of seven years' imprisonment plus a nominal fine by Hon. A. Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, serving as Acting Judge in the United States District Court for the District of...

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