Victor Morales Ortiz, Jr. v. United States

329 F.2d 381

Victor Morales ORTIZ, Jr., Appellant,

v.

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

No. 20678.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Jan. 28, 1964, Rehearing Denied April 1, 1964.

Arturo C. Gonzalez, Del Rio, Tex., for appellant.

Andrew L. Jefferson, Jr., Ted Butler, Asst. U.S. Attys., San Antonio, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, BREITENSTEIN,1 and BELL, Circuit Judges.

BELL, Circuit Judge.

1

Appellant was convicted after jury trial on count one of an indictment charging him with smuggling one-half pound of marihuana into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. 176a. He was also…