Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Squella-Avendano
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1973No. 72-1798PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
Oscar Squella-Avendano, a Chilean national and owner of a small cargo airplane, was convicted by a jury of the unlawful possession and importation of 202 pounds of cocaine. 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174 (repealed October 27, 1970); 26 U. S.C.A. §§ 4704(a), 4705(a), 7237. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence and certain procedural and evi-dentiary rulings, which he claims cumu-late to the level of reversible error. We affirm.
I. Sufficiency of the Evidence
In July, 1970, Government agents learned of a proposed shipment of cocaine from Chile and commenced a…
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