Legal Opinion
Joseph Michael Lacaze, Charles William Acevedo, Douglas Arceneaux and Virginia Cain v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 22, 1968No. 23060_1PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:
The four appellants, Joseph Michael Laeaze, Charles William Acevedo, Douglas Arceneaux and Virginia Cain, were convicted by a jury of the unlawful sale of narcotic drugs and of conspiracy to sell narcotic drugs in violation of Section 4705(a) 1 2 and Section 7237(b)* of the Internal Revenue Code. They bring eight separate specifications of error on appeal. Our rejection of all of them will follow a summary of the facts.
On May 11, 1965, Joseph Laeaze met a man known as Jimmy Cortez, a former drug addict who had twice been convicted of crimes, at a bonding company in New…
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