UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, APPELLEE,
v.
BRIGIDO SANCHEZ-MATA, APPELLANT

9th Cir. | 1970-08-03
No. 25304
Before KOELSCH and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and HALL, District Judge.
429 F.2d 1391 United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1970) Positive Treatment
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Holding

The court held that the immigration officers' stop and interrogation were lawful, the conversations were not hearsay, evidence of simultaneous violations was admissible, the requested instruction was properly refused, and the statute's constitutionality was not a valid claim.


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Immigration officers stopped a car driven by the defendant and interrogated the occupants. The defendant was transporting an alien, and evidence regar…

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Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM:

PER CURIAM:

The Immigration officers lawfully stopped the ear driven by the defendant and lawfully interrogated the persons therein. Title 8, U.S.C., See. 1357.

The conversations with the backseat aliens were in the presence of the defendant and were not hearsay.

The evidence as to whether Sandoval (the illegally transported alien) was illegally in the Country was conflicting and was resolved by the jury whose verdict as triers of the fact this appellate court will not disturb. The admission of the evidence of simultaneous violations of transporting other aliens was net error. Gianotos v. United States (9 Cir. 1939), 104 F. 2d 929; Schwartz v. United States (9 Cir. 1947), 160 F. 2d 718; Parker v. United States (9 Cir. 1968), 400 F. 2d 248, cert. den. 393 U.S. 1097, 89 S.Ct. 892, 21 L.Ed.2d 789.

The orally requested instruction was properly refused. F.R.Crim.P. 30; Local Rules, District of Arizona No. 25. Moreover, the subject of the orally requested instruction was fully covered by the instructions given.

The claim of unconstitutionality of Title 8, U.S.C., Sec. 1324(a) (2), is frivolous. Herrera v. United States (9 Cir. 1953), 208 F. 2d 215, certiorari denied 347 U.S. 927, 74 S.Ct. 529, 98 L.Ed. 1080; Bland v. United States (5 Cir. 1962), 299 F. 2d 105, hold the statute is valid.

The judgment of the lower court is affirmed.


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