UNITED STATES v. RIEVES

No. 78-5028.

584 F.2d 740 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gary Thomas RIEVES and Virginia Gayle Berry, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles I. Poole, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Rieves.

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Joel Kaplan, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Berry.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U.S. Atty., Hugh F. Culverhouse, Jr., Linda Collins Hertz, Asst. U.S. Attys., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD and FAY, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:

Gary Thomas Rieves and Virginia Gayle Berry were arrested and indicted on charges of importing cocaine into the United States1 and of possession with intent to distribute cocaine.2 The Court without a jury convicted them as charged,3 and this appeal followed. We affirm.

On June 11, 1977, at approximately...

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