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UNITED STATES v. ROJAS-COLOMBO

No. 71-2438 Summary Calendar.

462 F.2d 1091 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Carlos ROJAS-COLOMBO, Hipolito Navarro, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 18, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred A. Jones, Jr., Miami, Fla., for Rojas-Colombo.

Harvey J. Michelman, New York City, for Navarro.

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

Before WISDOM, GODBOLD and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Each appellant was sentenced to twenty years upon plea of guilty to a charge of conspiracy to import large amounts of heroin into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173-74. There is no merit to Colombo's sole contention, which is that imposition of the maximum sentence allowable violated the prohibition of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution against cruel and unusual punishment. Rener v. Beto,

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