Legal Opinion

United States v. Francisco Diaz Llamas and Jose Rodriguez

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided July 11, 1960No. 352, Docket 26121PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CLARK, Circuit Judge.

Llamas and Rodriguez appeal from their convictions of selling and conspiring to sell narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and 18 U.S.C. §§ 2 and 371. Although sharply contested, there was ample testimony from federal narcotics agents to support the jury finding that defendants sold narcotics to one of the agents. Hence the appeal must fail unless there were errors in the trial. The only substantial question here is raised by the attack directed to the judge’s charge relieving the prosecution of any adverse inference due to its failure to call' as a witness a special…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. United States v. Antonelli Fireworks Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
  2. United States v. CotterCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
  3. United States v. BeekmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
  4. United States v. William JacksonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
  5. United States v. Richard RomanoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960

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3Cited by31 opinions

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  2. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Lloyd DIXON, Jr., AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. Joseph Armone, Stephen Grammauta, Vincent Pacelli, and Nicholas ViscardiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  4. United States v. James J. YoungCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
  5. United States v. MirandaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975

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