UNITED STATES v. MARQUEZ

No. 81-1976.

687 F.2d 328 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Wilfred Delano MARQUEZ, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

August 27, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger A. Finzel, Albuquerque, N. M., for defendant-appellant.

Stanley K. Kotovsky, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M. (Don J. Svet, U. S. Atty., and Richard J. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., Albuquerque, N. M., with him on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

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


WILLIAM E. DOYLE, Circuit Judge.

The defendant here appeals his jury conviction for violating 18 U.S.C. App. § 1202(a), possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Marquez received a two year sentence.

On May 7, 1981, the defendant was driving his sister's car, with her permission, when he picked up two hitchhikers, Pete Baca and Vivian Chavez, whose car had broken down. As the defendant was taking Baca and Chavez home at approximately 11:00 p. m. he...

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