O'CONNELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 25424.

402 F.2d 760 (1968)

Daniel William O'CONNELL and Ruben Palma, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

October 28, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson Quinn, Abilene, Tex., for appellants.

Ted Butler, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Ernest Morgan, U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before RIVES and DYER, Circuit Judges, and MEHRTENS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

This appeal is from judgments of conviction under 19 U.S.C.A. § 1461 (failure to present imported merchandise to customs officials) and 18 U.S.C.A. § 545.1 The sole ground urged for reversal is insufficiency of evidence. We find this ground untenable and affirm.

Appellants contend first that the district court erred in denying their motions for acquittal. The standard of review of such motions in circumstantial...

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