Legal Opinion
United States v. Alberto Mejia
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1988No. 87-4120PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
Alberto Mejia appeals a judgment of conviction on a four-count indictment relating to the importation and distribution of a large quantity of cocaine. We affirm.
I
The government’s indictment charged that Alberto Mejia, under the cover of a cattle export business, engaged with others in a criminal enterprise to import large amounts of cocaine into the United States. The government indicted and tried Mejia on counts of (1) conspiracy to import 1,197 pounds of cocaine from Panama, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 952(a), 963; (2) aiding and abetting that importation,…
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