United States v. Hernandez-Valenzuela

Full title: UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Louie…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Sep 21, 1970

431 F.2d 707 (9th Cir. 1970)

Opinion

No. 25717.

September 21, 1970.

Benjamin Lazarow (argued), Tucson, Ariz., for appellant.

William C. Smitherman (argued), Ass't. U.S. Atty., Richard K. Burke, U.S. Atty., Tucson, Ariz., for appellee.

Before MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and SWEIGERT, District Judge.^_

_ Honorable William T. Sweigert, United States District Judge for the Northern District of California, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

It was not error to deny appellant's motion for acquittal on the ground of insufficient evidence of his knowledge of the presence of drugs concealed in the door panel of his truck. United States v. Gonzalez-Carrillo, 411 F.2d 1057 (9th Cir. 1969).

It was not error to admit evidence as to the value of the concealed drugs. Gaylor v. United States, 426 F.2d 233 (9th Cir. 1970); Current v. United States, 287 F.2d 268 (9th Cir. 1961).

Judgment affirmed.