Legal Opinion
Henry Luis Sinohui Contreras, Oscar Sinohui Contreras v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1961No. 17171_1PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This is a one count criminal prosecution for the smuggling of marijuana, as proscribed by 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. The district court had jurisdiction under 18 U.S.C. § 3231. This court has jurisdiction over the appeal. 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
On August 17, 1959, appellants, Henry and Oscar Contreras, and their codefendants, were driving north on Highway 395. Near Temecula, California, about seventy-two miles north of the Mexican border, appellants were stopped by Weldon Potter, a Patrol Inspector employed by the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Potter was merely performing a…
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3Cited by42 opinions
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