UNITED STATES v. HUDSON

No. 28237 Summary Calendar.

431 F.2d 468 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Harold Lloyd HUDSON, Jesse Jonathan White and Lushra Jardan, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

September 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stanley Freed, Laredo, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Harold Lloyd Hudson.

Julio Garcia, Laredo, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Jesse Jonathan White.

Ruben Garcia, Laredo, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Lushra Jardan.

Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, CLARK and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The three appellants in this case were convicted on four counts of smuggling and transporting heroin and marihuana into the United States and were sentenced to fifteen years respectively on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

Appellants did not dispute the facts in the case, but based their defense at trial and in this appeal on four points.

First, they argued that requiring them to declare at their point of entry drugs which...

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