Legal Opinion

United States v. Robert Joseph Llinas

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided September 26, 1979No. 79-5095PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Robert Joseph Llinas was convicted after a jury trial of conspiracy to import cocaine into the United States and conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute it in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 963, 846. At trial, the principal incriminating evidence against appellant consisted of two tape recordings of conversations between appellant and Cesar Riascos-Velasquez, a native of Colombia. Llinas contends the recordings should have been • excluded from evidence (1) because they were made without the valid consent of Riascos, and (2) because they contain…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Desist v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. Phillip Onori and Theodore BukkyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
  4. United States v. Lenin Juarez and Oscar JuarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
  5. United States v. Franklin D. Wilson and Gary Wayne BugbeeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. United States v. BriscoeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1990
  2. United States v. Glen Sutherland, Edward Maynard and Grace WalkerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  3. United States v. RosenthalCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
  4. United States v. Jesus Zambrana, Sr., Charles Cole and Jay ZambranaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
  5. United States v. John RuppelCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982

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