UNITED STATES v. URIAS

No. 80-1664.

648 F.2d 621 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David URIAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen E. Hoffman, Frank & Milchen, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Roger W. Haines, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., argued, M. James Lorenz, U. S. Atty., Larry P. Zoglin, Asst. U. S. Atty., on the brief, San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and WALLACE, Circuit Judges, and WHELAN, District Judge.


CHAMBERS, Circuit Judge:

We affirm Urias' judgment of conviction of transporting illegal aliens (8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2)). There was clearly sufficient evidence to support the jury's verdict and there was no error in the district judge's denial of the motion to suppress evidence.

The aliens, after first saying that they were from Mexico, admitted to the arresting officer that they were from El Salvador and had entered the country illegally. Both testified...

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