Government of the Canal Zone v. Mauricio Burjan v. (Villarreta)

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge:

Mauricio Burjan V. (Villarreta) was convicted on June 20, 1977 on two counts of grand larceny from the person in violation of 6 C.Z.C. § 1342(2) in a nonjury trial before the United States District Court for the Canal Zone. He was sentenced on August 15, 1975 to serve two concurrent five-year sentences. On appeal, Burjan urges reversal of his convictions on three separate grounds.

I. IMPROPER LINEUP

Burjan’s first argument on appeal is that the lineup at which he was identified by three witnesses may have been improper because it may have occurred after…