UNITED STATES v. EVANS

Nos. 74-2095, 74-2096.

507 F.2d 879 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Jerry Delona EVANS, Appellant. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Margarita ACOSTA DE EVANS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 20, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin McInerney (argued), San Diego, Cal., for appellants.

Richard E. L. Strauss, Asst. U. S. Atty. (argued), San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before HUFSTEDLER and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges, and WILLIAMS, District Judge.


OPINION

PER CURIAM:

These consolidated appeals challenge convictions upon multiple counts of illegal transportation of aliens and related offenses. The only issue is whether the initial discovery of incriminating evidence by government officers "poisoned" the subsequent stream of evidence and thereby fatally infected the government's case with error. We find no such error, and affirm.

The defendants were proceeding in an automobile which, because...

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