UNITED STATES v. VILLA

No. 25228.

427 F.2d 542 (1970)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Juan Cristostomo VILLA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 3, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack T. Price, R. S. Priver, of Gordon, Kidder & Price, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

William M. Byrne,, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Division, Robert S. Linnell, Thomas E. Kotoske, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before MERRILL, HUFSTEDLER, and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals from his conviction upon two counts of an indictment charging violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and one count charging violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a).

There was ample proof that appellant's codefendant had illegally imported the cocaine and adequate evidence that appellant had aided and abetted his confederate in committing the offense. That evidence supplied a sufficient factual predicate for the instructions to the jury...

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