UNITED STATES v. CANALES

No. 77-5350.

573 F.2d 908 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Guadalupe C. CANALES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 26, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel V. Alfaro, Juan P. Gonzalez, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

J. A. Canales, U. S. Atty., James R. Gough, George A. Kelt, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Houston, Tex., Robert A. Berg, Asst. U. S. Atty., Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before MORGAN and GEE, Circuit Judges, and KING, District Judge.


LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

In this appeal from a conviction pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) (1976) for possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, defendant raises two issues: (1) whether probable cause existed for the search at the Sarita checkpoint; (2) whether a delay of 27 months between defendant's arrest and subsequent trial violated defendant's sixth amendment right to a speedy trial. Finding both of defendant's contentions to be without...

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