U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, 1970

United States v. Juan Cristostomo Villa

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · Decided June 3, 1970 · Merrill, Hufstedler, Kilkenny

427 F.2d 542; 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 8928 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

Jack T. Price, R. S. Priver, of Gordon, Kidder & Price, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant., William M. Byrne,, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Brosio, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Division, Robert S. Linnell, Thomas E. Kotoske, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Opinion

PER CURIAM:

Appellant appeals from his conviction upon two counts of an indictment charging violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and one count charging violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a).

There was ample proof that appellant’s codefendant had illegally imported the cocaine and adequate evidence that appellant had aided and abetted his confederate in committing the offense. That evidence supplied a sufficient factual predicate for the instructions to the jury on common plan or scheme.

The major point appellant urges to overturn his conviction for violating 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) was decided adversely to him in Minor v. United States (1969) 396 U.S. 87, 90 S.Ct. 284, 24 L.Ed.2d 283.

The judgment is affirmed.

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