U.S. v. SANDOVAL

No. 93-8044.

20 F.3d 134 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Juan A. SANDOVAL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul F. Lettunich, Jr. and Gary B. Weiser, Lipson, Dallas & Weiser, P.C., El Paso, TX, for defendant-appellant.

Joseph Gay, Jr. and Richard L. Durbin, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, TX, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, KING and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


POLITZ, Chief Judge:

Convicted under 18 U.S.C. § 201(b)(1) of two counts of bribing a public official, Juan Sandoval appeals, claiming that he was entrapped and that the counts on which he was convicted were multiplicitous. For the reasons assigned we reverse.

Background

In December 1991 the Internal Revenue Service sent its agent Isela Hernandez to the Sandoval home in El Paso to meet with the defendant and his wife Maria. Maria Sandoval...

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