Legal Opinion
United States v. Hipolito Gonzalez, Jr., Abelardo Gerardo Gonzalez, and Alberto Javier Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 26, 1999No. 96-41246PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:
Appellants Hipólito Gonzalez, Jr. (“Hipóli-to Gonzalez”), Abelardo Gerardo Gonzalez (“Gerardo Gonzalez”) and Alberto Javier Gonzalez (“Alberto Gonzalez”) appeal their convictions and sentences for violations of drug and firearm statutes. We affirm in part, and vacate and remand in part.
FACTS
A
The evidence at trial established the following facts.
Around 2:50 a.m. on September 8, 1995, Arturo Rocha, a United States Border Patrol agent, was monitoring the radio scanner from his post in Laredo. He overheard a conversation among three men speaking mostly in Spanish…
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