UNITED STATES v. SALINAS

No. 29258.

439 F.2d 376 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Antonio Sepeda SALINAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied April 7, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Hardcastle, Jr., court appointed, Dallas, Tex., Geary, Brice, Barron & Stahl, Dallas, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Atty., Anthony J. P. Farris, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee; Ronald J. Blask, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., of counsel.

Before JONES, BELL, and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a judgment of conviction entered on a jury verdict finding appellant guilty on two counts of an indictment charging him, respectively, with smuggling heroin hydrochloride into the United States and with unlawfully concealing and facilitating the transportation of the heroin, all in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. We affirm in part and vacate and remand in part.

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