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LAMENCA v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 21044-21046.

381 F.2d 993 (1967)

Miguel LAMENCA, Joseph Santos and Pedro Meza-Bustamonte, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 14, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barton C. Sheela, Jr., Ramon Castro, Sheela, O'Laughlin & Hughes, San Diego, Cal., for appellants.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U. S. Atty., Phillip Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before JERTBERG, BROWNING, and ELY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

These are appeals from convictions under 21 U.S.C. § 176a (1964) for smuggling and conspiring to smuggle marihuana. We find no error.

The government's circumstantial evidence, combined with appellants' false statements to government agents, made a sufficient case for the jury.

Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S.Ct. 1758, 12 L.Ed.2d 977 (1964), did not bar admission of appellants' statements to...

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