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U.S. v. BARKSDALE-CONTRERAS

No. 91-8383.

972 F.2d 111 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tomas BARKSDALE-CONTRERAS, Luis Manuel Gonzalez-Copado, Felipe Contreras, Jr., Salvador Copado, Jr., Oscar Gonzalez-Marcelino, Arturo Gonzalez, Jr. and Armando Baeza-De Alba, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 20, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joaquin L. Rodriguez, Rodriguez & Muniz-Berain, Eagle Pass, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Barksdale-Contreras.

Arvel (Rod) Ponton, III, El Paso, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Gonzalez-Marcelino and Gonzalez-Copado.

Richard O. Gonzales, Uvalde, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Felipe Contreras.

Robert Garza, Del Rio, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Baeza-De Alba.

Joe S. Petsch, Del Rio, Tex. (Court-appointed), for Salvador Copado, Jr. and Arturo Gonzalez.

Mervyn Hamburg, Washington, D.C., Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Ronald F. Ederer, U.S. Atty., San Antonio, Tex., for U.S.

Before REYNALDO G. GARZA, DAVIS and BARKSDALE, Circuit Judges.

REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Defendants appeal their convictions from the Western District of Texas on kidnapping, conspiracy and misprision charges. Finding no error, we affirm.

On December 9, 1990, Jose Gaona (Gaona) was intercepted at gunpoint near his home in Acuna, Mexico by defendants Luis Manuel Gonzalez-Copado (Gonzalez-Copado) and Armando Baeza-De Alba (Baeza). After being struck, Gaona was driven to the International bridge at Del Rio, Texas...

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