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United States v. Marina Medina Marco Antonio Martinez Javier Alberto Delgado

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 23, 1998No. 97-50663PublishedCited by 87 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

Marina Medina (“Medina”), Marco Antonio Martinez and Javier Alberto Delgado appeal their convictions and sentences. Finding no reversible error, we affirm.

I

This prosecution concerned the smuggling of cocaine and marijuana into the United States through ports of entry at El Paso, Texas. Each individual smuggling operation (called a “crossing”) began in Juarez, Mexico, with the loading of hundreds of kilograms of cocaine or marijuana into the trunk of a car. After receiving a pager message from a scout that identified the traffic lane posing the least obstacle to…

2Cases cited43 opinions

  1. Pinkerton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Wood v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. United States v. GarciaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  4. Edwards v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998
  5. United States v. Puig-InfanteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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3Cited by87 opinions

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  4. United States v. Ruben Horacio Gallardo-Trapero, David Christopher Hernandez, and Luis Quintero De AvilaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1999
  5. United States v. GarzaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2005

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