Legal Opinion
United States v. Michael Edward Kennedy
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 2, 1983No. 81-1066PublishedCited by 81 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Michael Kennedy appeals his conviction for rape and felony murder. The crime involved the rape and murder of a young Mexican woman at the United States Port of Entry at San Ysidro, California.
On Friday, November 23, 1979, Josephine Felix, a resident of Corcoran, California, drove to Tijuana, Mexico, for the purpose of smuggling her sister-in-law, Maria Lopez de Felix, into the United States. She hid Maria in the trunk of her car and headed for the Port of Entry at San Ysidro. When they got to the border, a customs inspector discovered Maria and turned the two…
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