UNITED STATES v. MORALES

No. 81-2278. Summary Calendar.

675 F.2d 772 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eluterio MORALES, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 14, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward A. Stapleton, III, Brownsville, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

John M. Potter, Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Harold Levy, Atty., Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen., Walter W. Barnett, Deputy Chief, Appellate Section, Civil Rights Div., U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN, POLITZ and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Eluterio Morales, a former police chief for the City of La Joya, Texas, appeals from his conviction for making a false material declaration before a grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623. He challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and the behavior of the prosecutor. Finding no error, we affirm.

The conviction at issue in this case stems from the arrest of Fernando Perales for driving while intoxicated. Morales was...

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