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UNITED STATES v. RUACHO-ACUNA

No. 29985.

440 F.2d 1199 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Sabas RUACHO-ACUNA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 5, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Rey, Sr., El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Seagal V. Wheatley, U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Haskell Shelton, Asst. U. S. Atty., El Paso, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GOLDBERG and DYER, Circuit Judges, and GROOMS, District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

A jury found appellant Ruacho-Acuna guilty of illegal importation of approximately two pounds of heroin and the knowing concealment of it after importation in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. At trial appellant admitted the essential elements of the offenses. On appeal he attacks the District Court's denial of various motions made during the trial, challenges the admissibility of three Government exhibits, and contends that his sentence constitutes...

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