UNITED STATES v. PEREZ

No. 80-1552.

651 F.2d 268 (1981)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salvador E. PEREZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

July 17, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abel Toscano, Jr., Harlingen, Tex., Roy Beene, Houston, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

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

Before GEE, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

The defendant, Salvador Perez, was a deputy constable for Cameron County, Texas, in 1978. As one long connected with law enforcement, he was approached in February 1978 by Rosa Maria Hinojosa, who requested him to assist in procuring the release of her brother, Aroldo Hernandez, and her sister-in-law, Ester Hernandez, from prison.

Hinojosa testified that Perez told her that he knew the district judge who had sentenced her relatives to prison...

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