UNITED STATES v. LOPEZ

No. 71-3227.

461 F.2d 499 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Alberto LOPEZ and Jorge Roman Torres, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 6, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Saxon, Louis Stoskopf, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Harold F. Keefe, Miami, Fla., Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Crim. Div., Appellate Sec., U. S. Dept of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, THORNBERRY and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Appellants were indicted for conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and for possession of approximately one kilogram of heroin in violation of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, 21 U.S.C. §§ 841 (a) (1) and 844. The conspiracy count was dismissed and appellants plead nolo contendere to the possession count. Lopez was sentenced to four months in prison and Torres to six months.

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