Legal Opinion
United States v. Elias Martinez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 13, 1980No. 79-5558PublishedCited by 66 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Defendant Elias Martinez appeals his criminal conviction on the ground that he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Martinez was tried on seven counts of distributing or conspiring to distribute heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 846, and he was represented by retained counsel, Matias Morin. Among the witnesses against Martinez was Alonso Quintanilla, Jr., who figured in three of the counts upon which Martinez was tried. Quintanilla had previously been convicted on a heroin charge arising out of the same transaction as underlay one of the counts against…
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