Legal Opinion
United States v. Francisco Jose Magana-Arevalo, Aka: Ricardo Ernesto Martinez-Hernandez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 9, 1981No. 80-1866PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHARLES CLARK, Circuit Judge:
After a trial by jury, Francisco Jose Magana-Arevalo was convicted on six counts of unlawfully transporting illegal aliens within the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1324(a)(2). He appeals his convictions, raising claims of insufficiency of evidence, prejudicial pre-trial publicity, and improper prosecutorial comment. We affirm.
In reviewing the sufficiency of the evidence, we must view all the evidence, direct and circumstantial, in the light most favorable to the government and must accept all reasonable inferences and credibility choices that tend to…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Ham v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- United States v. NellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- United States v. Oscar E. HydeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- United States v. HawkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- United States v. Charles W. BruntyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- State v. AshcraftWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1983
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