Maria Mercedes Chavez-Martinez v. United States

CRARY, District Judge:

Appellant was convicted on two counts, one of violating Title 21, United States Code, Section 173, knowing importation of 130 ounces of heroin and 20 ounces of cocaine into the United States from Mexico, and Count 2, knowing concealment and facilitation of the transportation and concealment of the same narcotics. She now appeals that conviction in forma pauperis (28 U.S.C. § 1291). On March 5, 1968, appellant was sentenced to twenty years on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

Appellant entered the United States from Mexicali, Mexico, on November 10, 1967, at…