UNITED STATES v. MENDOZA

No. 73-1684.

491 F.2d 534 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert MENDOZA, Reuben O. Mendoza, Jr., and Yolanda Ashton Ortiz, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Gillespie, San Antonio, Tex., for Mendoza.

M. W. Garcia, Jr., San Antonio, Tex., for Ortiz.

William S. Sessions, U. S. Atty., Joel D. Conant, Eb F. Luckel, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GEWIN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


GEWIN, Circuit Judge:

I

Appellants Robert Mendoza, Reuben O. Mendoza and Yolanda Ortiz appeal from the district court's judgment of conviction. On November 22, 1972, a two-count indictment was returned charging appellants in court one with unlawfully possessing with the intent to distribute 109.15 grams of cocaine, a controlled substance under Schedule II of the Controlled Substances Act of 1970, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and in count two...

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