Legal Opinion
United States v. Jesus Jimenez-Diaz and Carlos Humberto Salazar
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 19, 1981No. 80-5176PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
Jesus Jimenez-Diaz and Carlos Salazar were convicted in the district court on a multi-count indictment charging the violation of several federal drug laws. They appeal, claiming that the trial judge committed reversible error in questioning a co-defendant in the presence of the jury about his plea of guilty to one of the charges for which Jimenez-Diaz and Salazar were on trial. Salazar claims, in addition, that the trial judge erred in denying his pre-trial motion for a continuance and in admitting in evidence a post-arrest statement Salazar made to the police, and that…
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