UNITED STATES v. RENGIFO-CASTRO

No. 79-1465.

620 F.2d 230 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jorge RENGIFO-CASTRO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 25, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Raymond Twohig, Jr., Asst. Federal Public Defender, Albuquerque, N. M., for defendant-appellant.

James F. Blackmer, Asst. U. S. Atty. (R. E. Thompson, U. S. Atty., Robert Bruce Collins, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, and LOGAN and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and aiding and abetting in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2. A pretrial motion to suppress evidence found in appellant's suitcase was heard and denied. He was tried by a jury and found guilty.

Appellant was stopped by border patrol agents at a checkpoint on Interstate Highway 10 west of Las Cruces, New Mexico. He was driving a blue...

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