Legal Opinion
Pedro Luis Rodriguez Y Paz v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1972No. 28997PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge.
There were 13 defendants and 23 additional named co-conspirators in this complex and lengthy narcotics case, which concerns drug traffic activities in Miami, New York, Detroit, Nicaragua, South American countries, and elsewhere, and involving dozens of persons. Four defendants fled and were not tried. In a lengthy trial in Miami, Florida, ending June 23, 1970, one defendant was acquitted. The remaining eight — Paz, Raul Fernandez, Acosta, Lum, Echavar-ry, Espinosa, Jackson and Inchaustegui —were convicted under Count I, conspiracy to import heroin and cocaine. 1 Five of…
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