Legal Opinion

United States v. David Caro

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 10, 1978No. 77-5261PublishedCited by 56 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant David Caro was convicted after a jury trial on one count of conspiracy to possess heroin with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 846, and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment, to be followed by a special parole term of twenty-five years. Caro was tried independently of his named coconspir-ators, Daniel Mizer, Sammy Self, Elias Ca-sillas, and Timothy Trail. The jury acquitted Caro on a substantive count of possession of heroin with intent to distribute, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). On this appeal, Caro challenges the sufficiency of the evidence against him and…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Krulewitch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Kwong Hai Chew v. ColdingSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  4. Lutwak v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. Anderson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by56 opinions

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  2. United States v. ElliottCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  3. United States v. Guillermo Novo Sampol, United States of America v. Alvin Ross Diaz, United States of America v. Ignacio Novo SampolCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1980
  4. United States v. Lewis Davis Michel, Robert Joseph Belmares, John Handy Jones, Daniel Stewart Henshaw and Ted Ray HinesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  5. United States v. Gilberto Pablo AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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