CONTRERAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 17171.

291 F.2d 63 (1961)

Henry Luis Sinohui CONTRERAS, Oscar Sinohui Contreras, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 19, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Gavin, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Thomas R. Sheridan, Los Angeles, Cal., Elmer Enstrom, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, BARNES and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a one count criminal prosecution for the smuggling of marijuana, as proscribed by 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. The district court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3231. This court has jurisdiction over the appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1291.

On August 17, 1959, appellants, Henry and Oscar Contreras, and their codefendants, were driving north on Highway 395. Near Temecula, California, about seventy-two miles north of the Mexican...

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