PAZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 28997.

462 F.2d 740 (1972)

Pedro Luis Rodriguez y PAZ et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Daniel, Jr., Miami, Fla., for Dulce Espinosa.

Gino P. Negretti, Miami, Fla., for Fernandez, Lum & Echavarry.

James E. Siff, New York City, for Jackson.

Lawrence E. Hoffman, Miami Beach, Fla., for Acosta.

Frank Ragano, Miami, Fla., for Rodriguez y Paz.

Max Kogen, Miami, Fla., for Inchaustegui.

Robert W. Rust, U.S. Atty., J. V. Eskenazi, Neal R. Sonnett, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BELL, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.

There were 13 defendants and 23 additional named co-conspirators in this complex and lengthy narcotics case, which concerns drug traffic activities in Miami, New York, Detroit, Nicaragua, South American countries, and elsewhere, and involving dozens of persons. Four defendants fled and were not tried. In a lengthy trial in Miami, Florida, ending June 23, 1970, one defendant was acquitted. The remaining eight—Paz, Raul Fernandez, Acosta...

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