Melchor Tafoya Lopez v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
SPEARS, District Judge:
On December 6, 1965, appellant was convicted on four counts of an indictment, the first two of which charged him with the importation and concealment of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. Section 174, and the last two with having departed and entered the United States without registering as a narcotics user and addict in violation of 18 U.S.C. Section 1407. He was sentenced to ten years on each of the first two counts, and three years on each of the last two counts, with all sentences to run concurrently.
Appellant contends that the trial court erred in denying his motions…
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