UNITED STATES v. AVILA-DOMINGUEZ

No. 78-5575.

610 F.2d 1266 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Maximo AVILA-DOMINGUEZ, Albert Perez, Evangeline Salazar and Carolyn Sanchez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert E. Cooper, Asst. Federal Public Defender, El Paso, Tex., for Avila-Dominguez.

Anthony C. Aguilar, El Paso, Tex., for Perez, Salazar & Sanchez.

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

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 28, 1980.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This case involves multiple convictions for assisting Mexican aliens in illegally entering the United States. The most serious question is whether the convictions should be reversed because the Government deported potential witnesses before defendants' counsel could interview them. Acknowledging that the Government violated defendants' constitutional rights, we nevertheless affirm...

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