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UNITED STATES v. MICHEL

No. 77-5518.

588 F.2d 986 (1979)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lewis Davis MICHEL, Robert Joseph Belmares, John Handy Jones, Daniel Stewart Henshaw and Ted Ray Hines, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearings Denied March 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvyn Carson Bruder, Dallas, Tex., for Michel and Jones.

Gary D. Jackson, Dallas, Tex., for Henshaw and Belmares.

Ted Ray Hines, pro se.

John Handy Jones, pro se.

Michael H. Rodgers, Dallas, Tex., for Hines.

Kenneth J. Mighell, U. S. Atty., Fort Worth, Tex., Judith A. Shepherd, H. Jay Ethington, Asst. U. S. Attys., Dallas, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GEE, Circuit Judge:

Facts

This case arose out of a two-year scheme to import large quantities of marijuana into the United States from the Republic of Mexico. The scheme, more notable for its spectacular failures than for its successes, was at last brought to a halt by various law enforcement agencies following the importation of two plane loads of marijuana into South Texas from Mexico. Count 1 of the 17-count indictment charged a conspiracy among 19 named...

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