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United States v. Salatil Pruneda-Gonzalez, Alejandro Tamayo-Ramos, Heraclio Pena-Hernandez, and Ignacio Hernandez-Beltran

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided January 29, 1992No. 90-2700PublishedCited by 82 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FITZWATER, District Judge:

Four defendants appeal their convictions for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute marihuana and possession with intent to distribute marihuana. Each defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence, and three defendants contend they established the defense of entrapment as a matter of law and proved government witnesses were improperly compensated on a contingent basis. We find no merit in any of these arguments and affirm.

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We recount the evidence in the light most favorable to the verdict, affording the government the benefit of all reasonable…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Mathews v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. United States v. Nelson BellCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
  4. Bell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  5. United States v. Adalberto Cervantes-Pacheco, Jerry Wayne Nelson and William E. NelsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987

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3Cited by82 opinions

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  3. United States v. Amy Ralston Pofahl, Charles T. Nunn, and Randy WhiteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
  4. United States v. George Dean, James Earl Cofer, Kenneth Dewayne Smith, and Kenneth Earl FlowersCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  5. United States v. ValdezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2006

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