Legal Opinion
Santos Montoya, Jr. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 10, 1968No. 25858PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge:
Santos Montoya, Jr. was found guilty by a jury of unlawfully transporting and facilitating the transportation and concealment of a quantity of marihuana, after unlawful importation, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a. 1 He was given a five-year sentence by the United States District Gourt for the Southern District of Texas. The only question presented on appeal is the sufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict. We reverse.
On August 6, 1967, a United States customs officer received a telephone call from an informant which prompted him to set up a surveillance on the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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3Cited by83 opinions
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