Legal Opinion
United States v. Ruben Rocha
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 3, 1997No. 95-11229PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Ruben Rocha appeals the denial of his 28 U.S.C. § 2255 motion for habeas corpus relief. We affirm.
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In the fall of 1988, a drug dealer named Thomas Padilla agreed to sell cocaine on consignment: He was to give Tony Rodriguez thirty kilos of the drug, and Rodriguez was to sell it, paying Padilla later from the proceeds. The plan went awry when Rodriguez proved unable to sell the cocaine at a price sufficient to cover his obligation. Fearing Padilla, Rodriguez disappeared.
Desperate to enforce his illegal contract, Padilla conspired with Johnny Hinojosa to kidnap…
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