UNITED STATES v. VALENZUELA-MENDOZA

No. 71-1668.

452 F.2d 773 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Armando VALENZUELA-MENDOZA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis V. Vasquez, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Richard K. Burke, U. S. Atty., Stanley L. Patchell, Stephen M. McNammee, Asst. U. S. Attys., Tucson, Ariz., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, KOELSCH and KILKENNY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was indicted, tried by a jury and convicted of violating 21 U.S.C. § 176a [concealing and transporting illegally imported marihuana]. We affirm.

FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Appellant was caught near Sonoita, Arizona, while driving a truck loaded with 405 kilos of marihuana. On previous occasions, he had served as a government informer, for which services he had been paid $350.00. There is evidence that he was dissatisfied with his...

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