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GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE v. SIERRA

No. 77-5551.

594 F.2d 60 (1979)

GOVERNMENT OF the CANAL ZONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David SIERRA, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel D. Douglass (Court-appointed), Balboa, Canal Zone, for defendant-appellant.

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

Before GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Senior Judge, and FAY, Circuit Judge.

SKELTON, Senior Judge.

Appellant, David Sierra, Jr., was charged by information with first-degree murder of Ovidio de Jesus Marin R. (Ramirez) in violation of Panama Canal Zone Code Title 6, § 1183(a) and possession of marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a). The cases were consolidated and the offense of first-degree murder was reduced to second-degree murder, after which the Appellant pleaded guilty to the consolidated charges...

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