United States v. Albert Gudino

Convicted of an offense proscribed by 21 U.S.C. § 174, Gudino appeals. He urges reversal for three reasons, none of which has merit.

It is first contended that the evidence is insufficient to support the conviction. While one of the Government’s witnesses testified that he actually saw Gudino discard a packet of heroin, Gudino argues, in effect, that this testimony should be wholly discounted because other witnesses who were present did not observe this act. The argument has no weight whatsoever. The testimony of the one witness, if believed, was sufficient to support the conviction, and the…