U.S. v. LUGO-LOPEZ

No. 15-50407.

833 F.3d 453 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Jose Eluid LUGO-LOPEZ, also known as Cochi Loco; Emilio Villalobos-Alcala, also known as La Tripa, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Date Filed: August 17, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Gay, Jr. , Assistant U.S. Attorney, San Antonio, TX, Jennifer Sheffield Freel , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Austin, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Philip J. Lynch , San Antonio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Jose Eluid Lugo-Lopez, also known as Cochi Loco.

Sostenes Mireles, II, Esq. , Sostenes Mireles, II, P.L.L.C., Del Rio, TX, for Defendant-Appellant Emilio Villalobos-Alcala, also known as La Tripa.

Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and PRADO and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


Jose Eluid Lugo-Lopez ("Lugo") and Emilio Villalobos-Alcala ("Villalobos") (collectively, the "Appellants") were convicted in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas for gun and drug smuggling offenses. The district court sentenced Appellants to, inter alia, life imprisonment. Appellants appealed, challenging...

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