(DOWNLOAD) "United States V. Warner" by United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: United States V. Warner
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
- Release Date : January 08, 1971
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 65 KB
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The defendants-appellants -- Samuel L. Kranzthor, Fred W. Daniels, Jr., Frieda E. Edwards, Frank Daniels, Michael A. Jacobson, Craig R. Warner, and April L. Covey -- were charged with having conspired knowingly and with intent to defraud the United States to import marihuana into the United States contrary to law, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a.*fn1 Three other persons were also named in the indictment: Richard C. Semple, III, Michael G. Young, and Rodolfo Vasquez.*fn2 Semple was never apprehended and remains a fugitive. The other nine defendants pleaded not guilty and stood trial by jury. At the close of all the evidence the district court granted Young's motion for judgment of acquittal. The jury acquitted Vasquez but convicted the other seven defendants. Kranzthor was also convicted of the substantive offense of knowingly importing marihuana into the United States contrary to law.*fn3 The district court sentenced Kranzthor to serve two concurrent ten-year terms in a federal penitentiary. The court sentenced Frank Daniels under the Youth Corrections Act, 18 U.S.C. § 5005 et seq. The remaining five defendants were sentenced to serve six-year terms in a federal penitentiary.