U.S. v. CARILLO BARRAZA

Nos. 86-2912, 86-2978 and 86-5505.

853 F.2d 288 (1988)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesus CARILLO BARRAZA, Robert Pruitt, III, Jose Luis Cantu, Johnny Aguilar, Santos Garcia, Anselmo Hernandez-Molina, Samuel Earl Barnett, Carlos Losoya, Milton F. Jones, Saul Muniz, Julian Vera, Delfino Chavira, Gilberto Cantu, and Juan Antonio Rodriguez, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 12, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Kazen, III, Kazan & Ray, Austin, Tex., for Barraza.

Ronald P. Guyer, San Antonio, Tex. (court appointed), for Pruitt.

John A. Hrncir, San Antonio, Tex. (court appointed), for Aguilar.

Vincent D. Callahan, San Antonio, Tex. (court appointed), for Hernandez-Molina.

J. Roberto Rodriguez, McAllen, Tex. (court appointed), for Losoya.

Steve Orr, Orr & Davis, Austin, Tex., for Vera.

J. Roberto Rodriguez, McAllen, Tex., for Chavira.

Juan J. Hinojosa, McAllen, Tex., for Garcia.

Mark Stevens, San Antonio, Tex., for Barnett.

Bernard Campion, San Antonio, Tex. (court appointed), for Jones.

Alan Brown, San Antonio, Tex. (court appointed), for Muniz & Barnett.

George McCall Secrest, Jr., Houston, Tex., for Rodriguez.

Daniel R. Rutherford, J. Raymond Karam, San Antonio, Tex. (court appointed), for Gilberto Cantu.

Nancy M. Simonson, Corpus Christi, Tex., for Jose Luis Cantu.

Mervyn Hamburg, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Henry O. Oncken, U.S. Atty., Charles Lewis, Susan L. Yarbrough, James R. Gough, Asst. U.S. Attys., Drug Task Force, Houston, Tex., for U.S.

Before WISDOM, GEE and JONES, Circuit Judges.


WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

The fourteen defendants appeal their convictions for committing one or more of the following offenses: conspiracy to commit racketeering; racketeering; conspiracy to possess marijuana with intent to distribute; possession of marijuana with intent to distribute; operating a continuing criminal enterprise; and perjury. We affirm on all grounds.

I. Facts and Prior Proceedings

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