United States v. Cisneros

HALBERT, District Judge.

Defendant was charged by an indictment with the crime of conspiring to import heroin into the United States, contrary to law, and to conceal and facilitate the concealment and transportation of heroin, knowing that the said heroin had been imported into the United States-contrary to law (Title 21 U.S.C. § 174). Sylvia Poindexter and Arthur Ortiz were-named as co-conspirators, but not as. defendants.

*926Defendant was tried before the Court, •sitting with a jury, and the jury returned a verdict of “guilty.” Defendant has made a motion for a new trial. This motion is now…