United States v. Joe M. Mendoza

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

On! May 8, 1969, armed with a search warrant secured on the basis of iftfor-. mation supplied by an informer, federal narcotics agents entered the house,.of.v Alexander Stahl in San Antonio, Texas;. and discovered approximately 1Ó.26Ó grams of heroin. An indictment charg- - ing violations of-21 U.S..C. § 174 1 and • 26 U,S.C. § 4704(a) 2 was returned against two of the occupants of ;• -the ( house, Joe M. and Carmen Mendoza. Joe Mendoza was tried separately before the..-,, court*without a jury, convicted on, two:;, counts, and sentenced to serve two concurrent ten-year…