U.S. v. PRUNEDA-GONZALEZ

No. 90-2700.

953 F.2d 190 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Salatil PRUNEDA-GONZALEZ, Alejandro Tamayo-Ramos, Heraclio Pena-Hernandez, and Ignacio Hernandez-Beltran, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roland E. Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Juan E. Gavito, Jose Gonzalez-Falla, Asst. Federal Public Defenders, Houston, Tex., for Gonzalez.

Jose Luis Pena, Harlingen, Tex., for Beltran-Hernandez & Ramos.

Alfredo Padilla, Brownsville, Tex., for Hernandez-Beltran & Pena-Hernandez.

Paula C. Offenhauser, James L. Turner, Asst. U.S. Attys., Ronald G. Woods, U.S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for U.S.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, SMITH, Circuit Judge, and FITZWATER, District Judge.


FITZWATER, District Judge:

Four defendants appeal their convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marihuana and possession with intent to distribute marihuana. Each defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, and three defendants contend they established the defense of entrapment as a matter of law and proved government witnesses were improperly compensated on a contingent basis. We find no merit in any of these arguments and affirm...

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