Legal Opinion
United States v. Pedro Luis Prieto and Jorge Diaz
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1974No. 74-1303PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Prieto and Diaz appeal from their jury convictions for conspiracy to distribute, distribution, and possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 841(a)(1). 1 Both appellants assert that they were convicted on insufficient evidence. Prieto also assigns as error the trial court’s denial of a motion to strike the testimony of a government witness which was in some respects inconsistent with his Jencks Act statement, and its failure to grant a mistrial because of certain allegedly prejudicial remarks in the prosecution’s opening argument. We…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Palermo v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Michael Joseph Gurleski and Dorothy Villafranca v. United States of America, Frank Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Carl Roberts and Barbara Bookout v. United States of America, John Cocco v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by28 opinions
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