UNITED STATES v. OCHOA

No. 79-5079.

609 F.2d 198 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Isidro Sanchez OCHOA, Omar Sanchez Ochoa, Reynaldo Fuentes Ortega, and Juanita Alaniz Cavazos, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 4, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfonso A. Guerra, McAllen, Tex. (Court-appointed), for I. Ochoa.

Oscar Palacios, Pharr, Tex. (Court-appointed), for O. Ochoa.

Robert Gaines Griffin, Weslaco, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Ortega.

Ramon Garcia, Edinburg, Tex., for Cavazos.

John M. Potter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GEWIN, AINSWORTH and REAVLEY, Circuit Judges.


REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

Four defendants convicted of distribution and conspiracy to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846 bring this appeal to urge various grounds of complaint: improper use of informants, multiple rather than a single conspiracy, insufficiency of the evidence, and erroneous rulings on the admissibility of evidence. The first contention is frivolous. We overrule the other...

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