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United States v. Gracielo Gardea Carrasco, Sabino Gardea Carrasco and Jesus Carrasco Valdez

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 6, 1987No. 87-1223PublishedCited by 107 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ALVIN B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:

A jury in the western district of Texas convicted Gracielo Gardea Carrasco, Sabino Gardea Carrasco, and Jesus Carrasco Valdez of conspiracy to possess marijuana with an intent to distribute 1 and of possession of marijuana with an intent to distribute. 2 All three defendants challenge their convictions as resting on insufficient evidence. We affirm the convictions of Gracielo and Sabino but reverse Jesus’s convictions.

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On December 30, 1986, Gracielo Gardea Carrasco (Gracielo) and Jesus Carrasco Valdez (Jesus) drove from Presidio, Texas, to the airport just…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. Nelson BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  3. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  4. United States v. Jose Hector Santos VergaraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  5. United States v. Manuel Juan AlvarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by107 opinions

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  2. United States v. LindellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  3. United States v. Gilbert Espinoza-Seanez, Ernesto Espinoza-Seanez and Raul Lazarin-BecerraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
  4. United States v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  5. United States v. CasillaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994

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