RIVAS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20556.

368 F.2d 703 (1966)

Moises RIVAS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 8, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Hagan, Menlo Park, Cal., for appellant.

Manuel L. Real, U. S. Atty., John K. Van de Kamp, Robert L. Brosio, Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, BARNES and CECIL, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the two count conviction of appellant (a) of the unlawful importation of narcotics, and (b) of the unlawful concealment of narcotics, knowingly brought into the United States in violation of law. (21 U.S.C. § 174). The "narcotic" was twenty-nine Percodan tablets. Appellant was sentenced to two five-year concurrent sentences, with a recommendation for treatment for narcotic addiction, and for vocational training.<...

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