Legal Opinion
Charles Edward Matthews, Ezekiel Brown and Raymond Cook v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1969No. 24491_1PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HANNAY, District Judge:
This appeal is by three of seventeen individuals charged by indictment with conspiracy to violate the federal narcotic laws. Title 21, U.S.C.A. Section 176a; Title 26 U.S.C.A. Sections 4741(a), 4744 (a) (1), 4744(a) (2), and 7237. The trial below involved the three Appellants here and one of the other alleged conspirators. Disposition of the charges against the remaining defendants for the most part followed the granting of separate trials or the entry and acceptance of pleas of guilty.
The geographical area of the alleged conspiracy reached from the Mexican border at…
2Cases cited59 opinions
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3Cited by69 opinions
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