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SALGADO v. UNITED STATES

No. 5576.

278 F.2d 830 (1960)

Victor Salgado SALGADO, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

May 27, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerado Ortiz del Rivero, San Juan, P. R., with whom Santos P. Amadeo and Rafael Franco Garcia, San Juan, P. R., were on brief, for appellant.

Raymond L. Acosta, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., with whom Francisco A. Gil, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., was on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.

ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced on a five-count indictment, under 26 U.S.C. §§ 4742(a), 7237(b) and 7701(c), charging him with the illegal transfer of marihuana. He appeals, urging a number of errors occurring in the course of trial. Only three deserve our consideration.

During his opening to the jury counsel for defendant stated that he would introduce evidence to show that the principal prosecution witness...

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