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UNITED STATES v. PIERCEFIELD

No. 30201 Summary Calendar.

437 F.2d 1188 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Thomas Lee PIERCEFIELD, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 10, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack J. Taffer, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Richard A. Hauser, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The defendant, Thomas Lee Piercefield, was tried by the court on charges of receiving and concealing approximately 1,751 grams of unlawfully imported hashish, knowing the hashish to have been unlawfully imported, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a. The court found him guilty and sentenced him to serve six years in the custody of the Attorney General.

On appeal Piercefield presents two contentions: (1) that the Government's evidence...

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