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UNITED STATES v. VILLEGAS

No. 73-1574.

487 F.2d 882 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Robert Rivas VILLEGAS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

November 9, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald Le Mieux, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

William D. Keller, U. S. Atty., Curtis B. Rappe, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHOY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and EAST, District Judge.

ALFRED T. GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Robert Rivas Villegas was convicted of possession with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin. In this appeal he asserts that this circuit should change its rule on proof of prior convictions for impeachment.

Villegas, having been convicted in California in 1964 of a marijuana felony, requested a pretrial ruling that the government could not use evidence of the prior conviction to impeach him if he elected to testify...

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