Legal Opinion
United States v. Herminio Cruz
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 9, 1979No. 78-1146PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOWNES, Circuit Judge.
The procedural aspects of this case are a little out of the ordinary. Defendant-appellant, Herminio Cruz, appeals his conviction by the district court sitting without a jury of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and distribution of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and § 846. Appellant was indicted, along with eight codefendants, on a one count conspiracy charge. All eight codefendants pleaded guilty prior to trial. Appellant had been convicted on December 30, 1977, and sentenced to a term of fifteen years after a jury trial in the Northern…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Aguilar v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- United States v. Arthur W. RumneyCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1989
- United States v. Ronald Glinton, Morris McFadden Timothy Hatten, Lavon Heath, Albert DavisCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
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