United States v. Elijah Wallace Childs, United States of America v. John Thomas Childs

The only question requiring discussion on these appeals from convictions under 21 U.S.C. § 176a is whether, particularly in light of United States v. Carrion, 457 F.2d 200 (9th Cir. 1972), there was sufficient evidence to permit the jury to conclude that the marihuana had been unlawfully imported and that appellants knew that it had been unlawfully imported.

These elements of the offense may be established, of course, by circumstantial evidence. United States v. Oswald, 441 F.2d 44 (9th Cir. 1971); United States v. Elder, 425 F.2d 1002 (9th Cir. 1970).

The relevant events occurred in the…