Legal Opinion
United States v. Leonard Bobby Ortega
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 24, 1988No. 87-6265PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KING, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Leonard Bobby Ortega (“Ortega”) appeals his conviction for pos session of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C.A.App. § 1202(a)(1). Ortega seeks a new trial and vacation of the sentence imposed by the district court.
I
On September 24, 1986, law enforcement officers who had been looking for a suspect in a red car responded to a report by Investigator James Page of the Hidalgo County Sheriffs Office that Page had observed a red car at a trailer near the sheriffs office in Edinburg, Texas. The officers converged at the scene. As the officers were…
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3Cited by44 opinions
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