UNITED STATES v. SANDOVAL-VILLALVAZO

No. 79-1396.

620 F.2d 744 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Rafael SANDOVAL-VILLALVAZO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 9, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Brush, Santa Monica, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Donald Etra, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for plaintiff-appellee; Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., on brief.

Before MERRILL and FERGUSON, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


RUSSELL E. SMITH, District Judge:

Sandoval-Villalvazo (Sandoval), who was convicted of violations of the narcotic laws, appeals.

Viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the United States and drawing permissible inferences from the facts, the trial court could have found as follows:

On October 31, 1978, codefendant Rosales, by telephone, advised Sepulveda, an undercover Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent, that he had a source and...

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