Legal Opinion
United States v. Oscar Homero Ochoa and Ernest Garza Gonzalez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1977No. 77-5089PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge:
Defendants Oscar Ochoa and Ernest Gonzalez were convicted by a jury of conspiracy to possess heroin with the intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 846. Both defendants contend that the trial court erred in admitting the testimony of the prosecution witnesses regarding the statements of coconspirators, as there was no independent evidence of a conspiracy. In addition, defendants urge that the court’s failure to determine the existence of independent evidence of a conspiracy before admission of the coconspirators’ statements was plain error…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United States v. Ralph PetrozzielloCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Roberto Gomez-Rojas, and Michael Rece SutherlinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Lonnie M. Brown, Robert L. Newsome, James B. Finney, Julian E. Seymour, Jr., and Benjamin Clyde Cranford, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Elorance James, William Stanfield, and Antonio VasquezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- United States v. Jose Demetrio Arteaga-Limones and Mike Lozano CantuCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by14 opinions
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- United States v. Richard D. EnrightCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Arturo Reyes Mendoza, June Bunch Mendoza, and Oscar Reyes MendozaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
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