UNITED STATES v. DE GARCES

No. 982, Docket 75-1013.

518 F.2d 1156 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Amparo Pelaez DE GARCES, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided June 13, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul B. Bergman, Asst. U.S. Atty. (David G. Trager, U.S. Atty., E. D. N. Y., on the brief), for appellant.

Stephen H. Bezozo, New York City, for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, TIMBERS and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

The United States appeals, under 18 U.S.C. § 3731, from a judgment of acquittal entered by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Mark A. Costantino, J., after a jury had returned a verdict finding Amparo Pelaez De Garces guilty of knowingly importing cocaine. 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 960(a)(1).1 The sole issue on appeal is whether...

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