Antonio Esquibil Lucero v. United States

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted within the District of New Mexico in two counts alleging violations of statutory prohibitions against trafficking in narcotics. 21 U.S. C. § 174; 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a). Before pleading to the indictment appellant requested that counsel be appointed to assist him and the court appointed Mr. Joe A. Duran of the New Mexico Bar in that capacity. After entering pleas of not guilty to the charges, appellant in due time proceeded to trial before a jury, which trial resulted in verdicts of guilty upon each count. From the judgments of conviction entered he…