UNITED STATES v. JONES

No. 79-2276 Summary Calendar.

607 F.2d 687 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roy Marion JONES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 28, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall I. Yaker, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

LeRoy M. Jahn, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RONEY, HILL and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

The district court required that cash bail be used for partial payment of a criminal fine, even though there was no violation of the defendant's bail terms. Defendant Roy M. Jones, convicted of illegally importing marijuana and counterfeiting a pilot's certificate, appeals. 21 U.S.C.A. § 960(a)(1), § 952(a); 18 U.S.C.A. § 2; 49 U.S.C.A. § 1472(b). We reverse.

Prior to indictment, Mrs. Roy M. Jones, wife of the defendant...

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