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United States v. Joe Leal Morales, United States of America v. Rudolfo Rodriguez Gonzales

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided April 18, 1973No. 72-2635, 72-2777PublishedCited by 39 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Joe Morales and Rudolfo Gonzales, along with Andres Vargas, were tried jointly and each was found guilty of conspiring to defraud an agency of the United States Government, the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (hereafter BNDD), 1 by intentionally selling to a BNDD agent a nonnarcotic substance (wheat) which they represented to be heroin.

The fourth defendant, Juan Luis Davila, who planned the sale, pleaded guilty and testified as the principal government witness against each of his codefendants. Neither Gonzales nor Vargas testified on his own behalf. Morales did…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  4. Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917

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3Cited by39 opinions

  1. United States v. Alton R. FairchildCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
  2. United States v. RodriguezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
  3. Hampton v. StateWyoming Supreme Court · 1977
  4. State v. OgleTennessee Supreme Court · 1984
  5. United States v. Amos P. Brown, Sr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977

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