GOVERNMENT OF CANAL ZONE v. HODGES

No. 78-5200.

589 F.2d 207 (1979)

GOVERNMENT OF the CANAL ZONE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Charles Christopher HODGES, Alex Rene Melo Y. (Young), Manuel Moreno M. (Murillo), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 6, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. O'Connor, New Orleans, La. (Court-appointed), Alex Rene Melo Y. (Young), pro se, Manuel Moreno M. (Murillo), pro se, for defendants-appellants.

Frank J. Violanti, U. S. Atty., Balboa, Canal Zone, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The defendants-appellants and two other defendants (who did not appeal) were convicted in a 1978 bench trial of breaking and entering the Cocoli Diesel Plant in the Canal Zone with larcenous intent in violation of section 502, title 6, of the Canal Zone Code. On appeal they contend that there was a fatal variance between the bill of information and the trial court's findings of fact, that their joint representation by a

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