United States v. Tijerina

ALLRED, District Judge.

Defendants were charged by indictment with smuggling into the United States % pound of marihuana in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545. All entered pleas of not guilty and demanded jury trial. At the conclusion of the evidence the defendants moved for verdict of acquittal which was granted by the court. This memorandum is to reflect the basis of the court’s action:

*760On the night in question a car, driven by defendant Tijerina, came across the International Bridge at Laredo from Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, just across the Rio Grande river. The other two defendants, along with a woman…