John Perez and Arturo Moreno, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HUTCHESON, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction of each appellant on two counts of jointly smuggling marihuana, in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a, and jointly transporting, etc., marihuana without having paid a transfer tax, in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a) (2). Appellants were sentenced generally on both counts to imprisonment, Perez for six years and Moreno for ten years.
The prosecution’s case consisted of proof of the following facts: An automobile of undetermined ownership, driven by Perez and in which Moreno was a passenger on the right front seat, halted at…
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