United States v. Juan Cristostomo Villa
United States v. Juan Cristostomo Villa
Opinion
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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