Legal Opinion
United States v. John Samuel Puma, Terrence Timothy Culkin, Ralph Thomas Gargiulo and Anthonyjoseph Dagostino
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 9, 1977No. 76-2817PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Per curiam
The four appellants were convicted after a bench trial of conspiring to possess and distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 (1970). Their main contention on appeal is that the trial judge should have found entrapment as a matter of law under the doctrine of United States v. Bueno, 447 F.2d 903 (5th Cir. 1971), cert. denied, 411 U.S. 949, 93 S.Ct. 1931, 36 L.Ed.2d 411 (1973). We find Bueno inapplicable and affirm.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
- Hampton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Roberto Gomez-Rojas, and Michael Rece SutherlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. David BuenoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- United States v. Gary WestCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Alois Peter WarrenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- United States v. David AndertonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Charles Frederick BowerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- State v. BriderDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1980
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