Legal Opinion

United States v. Ricardo Alonza Gomez, Antonio Reyes Espinoza and Gilbert Barnett Hartman

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided November 18, 1985No. 84-2648PublishedCited by 52 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

•AMENDED OPINION

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge.

Ricardo Alonza Gomez, Antonio Reyes Espinoza and Gilbert Hartman appeal their convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marijuana and aiding and abetting one another in the substantive offense of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. We find the evidence introduced at trial was insufficient to sustain Espinoza’s convictions, but affirm the convictions of Gomez and Hartman.

This case had its genesis in a telephone call received by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) on June 5, 1983, in which an anonymous…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Terry v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  2. Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. United States v. CortezSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. United States v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Brown v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1979

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3Cited by52 opinions

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  3. United States v. Ben Lee Basey, Armando Jose Lopez, and Oscar Quirarte Ponce, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
  4. United States v. SimmonsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1991
  5. United States v. Antonio LopezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996

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