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UNITED STATES v. MORENO

No. 77-5712.

588 F.2d 490 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pedro Luis MORENO, Felix Gonzalez Valdez, Sebastian Viera, Jose Luis Linares, Lorenzo Aday-Lorenzo and Mario Abascal, Jose A. Fernandez and Jose Aspuru, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied March 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pedro Luis Moreno, pro se, John M. Barkett, Miami, Fla. (Court-appointed), for Moreno.

Theodore J. Sakowitz, Federal Public Defender, Lurana Snow, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Miami, Fla., for Valdez.

Seymour London, North Miami, Fla., for Fernandez and Linares.

Alvin E. Entin, North Miami Beach, Fla., Ronald A. Dion, North Miami, Fla., for Aspuro, Viera and Aday-Lorenzo.

John H. Lipinski, Miami, Fla., for Abascal.

Jack V. Eskenazi, U. S. Atty., Michael Sullivan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for the U. S.

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

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This is a marijuana smuggling case. All the appellants were convicted under Count I of conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute, and under Count II of possession of marijuana with intent to distribute. The convictions are affirmed.

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