U.S. v. PINEDA-ORTUNO

No. 90-8718.

952 F.2d 98 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gilberto PINEDA-ORTUNO and Carlos Ramirez-Carranza, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 16, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven L. Woolard, Fort Stockton, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Pineda-Ortuno.

Dan Newsome, Marfa, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Ramirez-Carranza.

LeRoy Morgan Jahn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Richard F. Ederer, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., W.W. Torrey, Asst. U.S. Atty., Midland, Tex., for U.S.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges, and McBRYDE, District Judge.


McBRYDE, District Judge:

Appellants, Gilberto Pineda-Ortuno ("Pineda") and Carlos Ramirez-Carranza ("Ramirez"), appeal from their convictions of (1) conspiracy to possess more than 500 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846, (2) possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (3) carrying a firearm, a Titan .38 caliber revolver during and in relation to the possession...

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