UNITED STATES v. REY

No. 82-1622.

706 F.2d 145 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph J. REY, Sr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 26, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond C. Caballero, El Paso, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Sidney Powell, Ricardo Gonzalez, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Appellate Sect., Crim. Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before THORNBERRY, GEE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 26, 1983.

PER CURIAM:

The case presented is hard, though not difficult. Joseph J. Rey, Sr., a veteran El Paso attorney and minor civic leader, stands convicted of conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute it. For this crime, he has been sentenced to a term of four years imprisonment and a substantial fine. His most serious complaint is that he was entrapped, or perhaps incriminated as a result of outrageous...

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