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GARZA v. UNITED STATES

No. 24341.

385 F.2d 899 (1967)

Roger Ibarra GARZA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 1, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roman Gutierrez, Laredo, Tex., for appellant.

James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Morton L. Susman, U. S. Atty, Ronald J. Blask, Donald L. Stone, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY and GOLDBERG, Circuit Judges.

THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Roger Ibarra Garza, was convicted by a jury of importing and concealing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174.1 A ten-year sentence, concurrent on two counts, was originally imposed but was later reduced to seven years. The single issue raised by this appeal is sufficiency of evidence.

At 6:30 P.M. on March 16, 1966, a customs inspector saw appellant and a man named Cornelius crossing...

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