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GOV'T OF CANAL ZONE v. BURJAN

No. 77-5554.

596 F.2d 690 (1979)

GOVERNMENT OF the CANAL ZONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Mauricio BURJAN V. (Villarreta), Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 11, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donice Alverson (Court-appointed), New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellant.

Frank J. Violanti, U.S. Atty., Wallace D. Baldwin, Asst. U.S. Atty., Balboa, Canal Zone, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before HILL and RUBIN, Circuit Judges, and HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge:

Mauricio Burjan V. (Villarreta) was convicted on June 20, 1977 on two counts of grand larceny from the person in violation of 6 C.Z.C. § 1342(2) in a nonjury trial before the United States District Court for the Canal Zone. He was sentenced on August 15, 1975 to serve two concurrent five-year sentences. On appeal, Burjan urges reversal of his convictions on three separate grounds.

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