United States v. Fred Harvey Collins and Daniel Mark Scheffer

This is the second time we review the convictions of Fred Collins and Daniel Scheffer for importing cocaine. In our first review we reversed and remanded for a retrial due to the prejudicial use of evidence obtained by an illegal search. United States v. Scheffer, 5 Cir., 1972, 463 F.2d 567. After reconvietion these defendants raise many of the contentions which were properly rejected in our last opinion. The only new issue of any substance concerns the testimony of the Government’s witness Robert Frank Saenz. We find no error in the District Judge’s ruling set out in his Memorandum Opinion…