UNITED STATES v. DE LA FUENTE

No. 75-2263.

548 F.2d 528 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Bonifacic DE LA FUENTE, Ronald Albert Cardenas, George Sierra, Pat Vargas, Augie D. Sierra, and Robert Stewart, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 8, May 10, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan Brown, San Antonio, Tex., for De La Fuente.

Ruben Sandoval, San Antonio, Tex., for Cardenas.

Roy R. Barrera (Court-Appointed), Terrence McDonald, San Antonio, Tex., for George Sierra, Vargas and Augie Sierra.

William E. Stockey, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Stewart.

John E. Clark, U. S. Atty., John M. Pinckney, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., Richard S. Stolker, Dept. of Justice, Crim. Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 8, May 10, 1977.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

The six defendants-appellants were convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin and cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment, to be followed by ten-year special parole terms. A wiretap on the telephone at the residence of defendant Cardenas supplied much of the evidence of defendants' involvement in a large-scale conspiracy for...

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