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UNITED STATES v. CLOUGHESSY

No. 77-1015.

572 F.2d 190 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John P. CLOUGHESSY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

As Amended July 26, 1977.

Rehearing Denied August 24, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Lipman, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief, Terry J. Knoepp, U. S. Atty., San Diego, California, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, HUFSTEDLER, and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Cloughessy appeals his conviction for conspiracy to defraud the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846 (1970). The sole issue on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction.

During the first week of August 1976, codefendants Tadique and Rivera began negotiating with undercover agents in Seattle, Washington, for the sale of five pounds of heroin as part of a scheme to "burn" the Government by...

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