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UNITED STATES v. SQUELLA-AVENDANO

No. 72-1798.

478 F.2d 433 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Oscar SQUELLA-AVENDANO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 1, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald I. Bierman, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Bruce E. Wagner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., Mervyn Hamburg, Appellate Sec., Crim. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and MOORE and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

Oscar Squella-Avendano, a Chilean national and owner of a small cargo airplane, was convicted by a jury of the unlawful possession and importation of 202 pounds of cocaine. 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174 (repealed October 27, 1970); 26 U. S.C.A. §§ 4704(a), 4705(a), 7237. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and certain procedural and evidentiary rulings, which he claims cumulate to the level of reversible error....

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