Legal Opinion
United States v. Encarnacion Moreno, Justiniano Orguiza, and Joseph Martinez Ruiz, A/K/A Alberto Alvarez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 14, 1989No. 88-2457PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a joint jury trial in which the three defendants were convicted on a variety of charges relating to the possession and importation of 5000 grams of cocaine. On appeal all defendants contend that the trial court erred in rejecting their challenge to the prosecutor’s exercise of his peremptory strikes in what the defendants contend was a discriminatory fashion. In addition, each defendant raises individual challenges to his or her own convictions. Specifically, Moreno contends that the evidence was insufficient to sustain her conviction for importing…
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