Legal Opinion
United States v. Olga Guadalupe Dreyfus-De Campos, Jose Raul Veliz-Valladres and Cesar Agusto Aranda-Arguello
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 28, 1983No. 82-1368PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Convicted of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute and of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846 and 841(a)(1), Olga Guadalupe Dreyfus-de Campos, Jose Raul Veliz-Valladres and Cesar Agusto Aranda-Arguello appeal, challenging: (1) the status of the Sierra Blanca, Texas checkpoint as a functional equivalent of the border, and (2) the sufficiency of the evidence. Finding no merit in either assignment of error, we affirm.
Factual Context
On the morning of March 5, 1982, Dreyfus, Veliz and Aranda were proceeding east…
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