United States v. Gilberto Lugo-Baez

MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.

Gilberto Lugo-Baez, defendant, was convicted by trial to a jury on each count of a two-count indictment charging him with unlawfully transporting heroin from Los Angeles, California to St. Louis, Missouri in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4724(b) and with unlawfully concealing heroin imported illegally into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. 1 The trial court sentenced defendant to a term of eight years on each count.. We affirm the judgment of conviction.

Broadly stated, defendant here asserts as grounds for reversal:(a) The impropriety of the trial court’s…