Legal Opinion
United States v. Margarito Juan Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 10, 1977No. 76-1689PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Margarito Juan Alvarez was convicted of conspiracy to possess, and possession of, marijuana with intent to distribute in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1) (1970) and 18 U.S.C. § 2 (1970). On appeal, he asserts that his convictions are not supported by sufficient proper evidence.
On the night of September 25, 1975, two customs patrol officers conducting a surveillance of the Rio Grande River near Rio Grande City, Texas, observed two men pulling a boat loaded with sacks across the river. When the boat landed on the Texas side, five more men emerged from the bank, and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Holland v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- United States v. ProutCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Robert Phillips and William Arnold Tolbert, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Roosevelt Miller and Katherine Mae Joseph AKA Katherine Jones Joseph v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1967
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. Cecil Dwayne Evans, Arnold Gene Tate, and Charles Edward Gent, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Lewis Davis Michel, Robert Joseph Belmares, John Handy Jones, Daniel Stewart Henshaw and Ted Ray HinesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. MalatestaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Bruce Dunn, Richard Austin Mandeville, Joseph Harvey Zeligs, Darold Lanier Milligan, Richard Lee ShinafeltCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. LaughmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1980
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