Legal Opinion
United States v. Salvador E. Perez
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 17, 1981No. 80-1552PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
The defendant, Salvador Perez, was a deputy constable for Cameron County, Texas, in 1978. As one long connected with law enforcement, he was approached in February 1978 by Rosa Maria Hinojosa, who requested him to assist in procuring the release of her brother, Aroldo Hernandez, and her sister-in-law, Ester Hernandez, from prison.
Hinojosa testified that Perez told her that he knew the district judge who had sentenced her relatives to prison on drug charges, the judge’s chief probation officer, and the prosecuting attorney in her relatives’ case, and that he needed money to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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