Legal Opinion
Rocha v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 2, 1961No. 16839PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
The six appellants, herein known as “immigrant defendants,” with eight indicted coconspirators (herein known as “coconspirators”) and six unindicted co-conspirators (herein known as “brides”) were charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. The object of the conspiracy was to permit the six immigrant defendants to make an unlawful entry into the United States, as immigrants in a claimed preferred status, viz. as husbands (through alleged sham marriages) to the United States citizen brides. 8 U.S.C.A. § 1325. Jurisdiction is claimed generally under 18 U.S.C. §…
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