Opinion · Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
United States v. Connie Lee Fallang
United States v. Connie Lee Fallang, 439 F.2d 685 (9th Cir. 1971)
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- Opinion
- Court
- Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1971-03-11
- Topic
- general
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- conviction of passenger who had paid for the rental of an automobile in the locked trunk of which was found a suitcase containing approximately 80 pounds of marijuana
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Connie Lee Fallang appeals from her conviction on a charge of importing marihuana into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a.
Approximately eighty pounds of marihuana were in a suitcase which was found in the locked trunk of a rented car for which defendant had paid the rental, and in which she rode as a passenger when it entered the United States at Nogales, Arizona.
On this appeal defendant argues that the Government did not prove two essential elements: that defendant knew of the marihuana in the suitcase, and intended to defraud the United States. However, our review of the record convinces us that the evidence was sufficient.
Affirmed.