UNITED STATES v. KENNEDY

No. 81-1066.

714 F.2d 968 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Michael Edward KENNEDY, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided September 2, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Coffin, Asst. U.S. Atty., argued William H. Kennedy, U.S. Atty., Judith Feigin, Thomas M. Coffin, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Diego, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Juanita Brooks, Frank Vecchione, San Diego, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Before KENNEDY, POOLE, and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Michael Kennedy appeals his conviction for rape and felony murder. The crime involved the rape and murder of a young Mexican woman at the United States Port of Entry at San Ysidro, California.

On Friday, November 23, 1979, Josephine Felix, a resident of Corcoran, California, drove to Tijuana, Mexico, for the purpose of smuggling her sister-in-law, Maria Lopez de Felix, into the United States. She hid Maria in the trunk of...

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