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UNITED STATES v. FLORES

No. 75-3560.

531 F.2d 222 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Luis Adame FLORES, Ruben Munoz, and Mercado Gonzalez Chapa, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 26, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Pichinson, H. E. Bower, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendants-appellants.

Edward B. McDonough, Jr., U. S. Atty., Anna E. Stool, James R. Gough, Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before WISDOM, GODBOLD and LIVELY, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is a border search case involving 205 pounds of marijuana found in the warrantless search of a Cadillac automobile. Appellants were convicted of conspiracy to possess the marijuana with intent to distribute and of possession of the marijuana. At approximately 3:45 p. m. on March 22, 1975, appellants Flores and Chapa and a nonappealing defendant, Garcia, traveling in a Ford car, crossed the border into Texas at Laredo. Suspicion was triggered...

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