Legal Opinion
United States v. Ochoa
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 12, 1976No. 75-2808PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
INGRAHAM, Circuit Judge.
Santiago Guadalupe (Jimmie) Ochoa was indicted in six counts for assaulting agents of the federal Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), violations of 18 U.S.C. § 111.1 Ochoa waived his right to trial by jury, and the trial court found him guilty of five counts. Punishment was *1280assessed at confinement for twenty-five years in the federal penitentiary.
Ochoa appeals the conviction and claims he acted reasonably but under a mistake of fact, believing that the agents were intruders attempting to damage his home or injure his family. Because the government failed to establish the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. James Earl Young, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- United States v. Frank RaganoCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Adell C. Carter, Alias Ponto, and Ronnie Mae Mathis v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Willie Goodwin, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by24 opinions
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- United States v. Brad Eugene Branch, Kevin Whitecliff, Jaime Castillo, Renos Lenny Avraam, Paul Fatta and Graeme Leonard CraddockCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- William C. Wardlaw v. William R. Pickett, Deputy United States MarshalCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1993
- United States v. Edgar Cherry GantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Thomas F. DanehyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1982
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