VALPAIS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 5668, 5679.

289 F.2d 607 (1961)

Vicente Rivera VALPAIS, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee (two cases).

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

May 5, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Francisco A. Gil, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Juan, P. R., for appellee.

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


WOODBURY, Chief Judge.

On September 27, 1956, the appellant was indicted by a grand jury in the court below for illegally transferring 50 marihuana cigarettes in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on or about the 3rd of the preceding July in violation of Title 26 U.S.C. §§ 4742(a), 7237 and 7701(c). He eventually pleaded guilty and on July 5, 1957, imposition of sentence was suspended and he was placed on probation for three years. During the period of his probation, on...

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