U.S. v. CASILLA

No. 93-7065.

20 F.3d 600 (1994)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ruben CASILLA, Martha Torres, and Luis Donald Quintero, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 26, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marjory C. Batsell, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, TX (Court-appointed), for Casilla.

Mary Lou Ryan Ray, Ransome & Ray, Brownsville, TX (Court-appointed), for Torres.

Dola Young, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Roland Dahlin, II, Federal Public Defender, Jeffrey L. Wilde, Asst. Federal Public Defender, Houston, TX, for Quintero.

D.R. Millard, III, Paula Offenhauser, Asst. U.S. Attys., Gaynelle G. Jones, U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, for U.S.

Before KING and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and ROSENTHAL, District Judge.


ROSENTHAL, District Judge:

Appellants Ruben Casilla, Luis Donald Quintero, and Martha Torres were convicted for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, importation of cocaine into the United States from Mexico, and for conspiracy to commit the underlying offenses. Appellants each contend that the evidence was insufficient to support the guilty verdicts. We AFFIRM.

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