U.S. v. PUENTE

No. 87-1037 Summary Calendar.

826 F.2d 1415 (1987)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Roberto PUENTE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 21, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Stevens, San Antonio, Tex., for defendant-appellant.

Joel M. Gershowitz, Atty., Crim. Div., Appellate Sec., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., and Helen M. Eversberg, Asst. U.S. Atty., Austin, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before REAVLEY, JOHNSON and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Roberto Puente, Sr., appeals his convictions on four counts of knowingly making a false material declaration to a grand jury in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1623(a). We affirm.

I.

Just before midnight on August 25, 1984, the Eagle Pass Police Department received a report of a fire at the Winter Garden Auto Supply Company owned by appellant's family in Eagle Pass, Texas; this fire completely destroyed the building...

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