Legal Opinion

Luis Sanchez Plazola v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 4, 1961No. 17132_1PublishedCited by 53 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was charged in Count I with unlawfully importing and bringing into the United States from Mexico fifty-eight pounds of marijuana on January 20,1960, contrary to Title 21 U.S.C.A. § 176a. Count II charged a violation of the same act on the same date with respect to the same amount of marijuana brought from Mexico by concealing and facilitating transportation thereof. Appellant was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

A motion to suppress the fifty-eight pounds of marijuana allegedly illegally obtained as…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
  2. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  3. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
  5. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by53 opinions

  1. Melvin Corngold v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  2. Ben Edward Alexander v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. Clarence D. Rogers v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1964
  4. United States v. James Edward StricklerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
  5. Alejandrino Diaz-Rosendo and Felix Anenson Fernandez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966

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