Juan Jose Medrano v. United States

LING, District Judge.

Appellant and two others, Mario Lopez Covarrubias and Frank Garcia Alva were indicted in a five count indictment for violating 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. Appellant was found guilty on all counts.

We adopt appellee’s statement of facts: Special Employee Edward Ferris approached codefendant Mario Lopez Covarrubias, whom he had known for two years, on November 11, 1959, in quest of narcotics. Covarrubias stated that the narcotics could be obtained from Appellant, so the two went to Gracie’s Cafe, 700 block East First Street, Los Angeles, in search of Appellant. On a prior occasion…