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UNITED STATES v. OROPEZA

No. 12770.

275 F.2d 558 (1960)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Benito Cruz OROPEZA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

March 7, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Doris A. Coonrod, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., J. B. McFaddin, John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel, Chicago, Ill., for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, DUFFY, Circuit Judge, and STECKLER, District Judge.

HASTINGS, Chief Judge.

Defendant-appellant Benito Cruz Oropeza and two co-defendants, Griego and Vasquez, were convicted in a court trial, without a jury, on a one-count indictment charging unlawful possession of marihuana in violation of the provisions of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4744(a). Oropeza, a second-offender under the terms of 26 U.S. C.A. §§ 7237(a) and 7237(c), was sentenced to five years imprisonment. He alone...

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