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421 F.2d 839

Docket No. 24508.

United States v. Jetter

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Jan. 23, 1970.

Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1970-01-23

Cited by 11 later decisions — most recently June 1971

11 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 21 U.S.C. § 176

Relies on Witt v. United States

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Opinion by Stanley Nelson Barnes · Decided 1970-01-23

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¶1Howard J. Bechefsky, of Sheela, Light-ner, Hughes, Hilmen & Castro, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

¶2Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Harry D. Steward, U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

¶3Before BARNES and CARTER, Circuit Judges, and BYRNE, District Judge *.

¶5BARNES, Circuit Judge.

¶6This is an appeal from a conviction under 21 U.S.C. § 176(a) in a nonjury case. The parties stipulated that appellant entered this country from Mexico in an automobile in which he was the sole occupant and driver and which contained *840220 pounds of marijuana. It was also stipulated that appellant declared no merchandise at the border and admitted at the border that he had bought the marijuana in Mexico. (Gov. Ex. 1) The matter was submitted to this court without argument solely upon the theory that 21 U.S.C. § 176(a) violates the defendant’s privilege against self-incrimination. Upon consideration of the briefs on file, we affirm the conviction on the authority of Witt v. United States, 9th Cir., decided 6/6/69, 413 F.2d 303.

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