Legal Opinion
United States v. Jose Manuel Suarez and Leites Rufino Chiong
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1974No. 73-1590PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:
After trial on a multicount indictment against several defendants a jury convicted Jose Manuel Suarez of possessing with intent to distribute, and of distributing, 124 grams of cocaine (two counts) on July 31, 1972, 21 U.S.C., § 841(a)(1); 18 U.S.C., § 2(b).
In the same trial, and on separate counts in the same indictment, Leites Rufino Chiong was convicted of possession with intent to distribute, and of distributing, 126 grams of heroin on September 6, 1972, in violation of the same statutes.
The conviction of Suarez will be affirmed.
Because the evidence was clearly…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. Craig Warner, April Covey, Samuel L. Kranzthor, Fred W. Daniels, Jr., Friedae. Edwards, Frank Daniels and Michael A. JacobsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Holder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Mason Braswell v. Louie L. Wainwright, Director, Division of Corrections, State of FloridaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Charles Causey and Burl E. Causey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- United States v. Donald J. PicardCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by34 opinions
- United States v. Thomas A. Warren, John L. Warren, Jr., Des. E. Schick and David DefinaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- United States v. Jose Hector Santos VergaraCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Nickolas FrolCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Joe Raymond Diez and Peter A. PaloriCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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