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Parties Involved:
Antonio Roman-Vasquez
Appellant
United States of America
Appellee

Document Text:

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UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS 

FOR THE TENTH CIRCUIT 

FEB 2 J 1990 

ROBERT L. HOECKER 

Clerk 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 

) 

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) 

) 

v . ) No. 88-1452 . ) ( D. C. No. 87-424-1) 

ANTONIO ROMAN-VASQUEZ, ) ( D. N. M. ) 

) 

Defendant-Appellant . ) 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 

) 

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) 

) 

v. ) No. 88-1453 

) ( D. C. No. 87-424-2) 

ALBERDIN HERNANDEZ-AVITA, ) ( D. N. M. ) 

) 

Defendant-Appellant. ) 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 

) 

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) 

) 

v. ) No. 88-1454 

) ( D. C. No. 87-424-3) 

ALONZO HINOJOS-JACQUEZ, ) ( D. N. M. ) 

) 

Defendant-Appellant. ) 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) 

) 

Plaintiff-Appellee, ) 

) 

v. ) No. 88-1455 - ) ( D. C. No. 87-424-4) 

RUDOLFO HINOJOS:-NAJARA, ) ( D. N. M. ) 

) 

Defendant-Appellant. ) 

Appellate Case: 88-1452 Document: 01019964464 Date Filed: 02/23/1990 Page: 1 
ORDER AND JUDGMENT* 

Before TACHA, BALDOCK, and BRORBY, Circuit Judges. 

After examining the briefs and appellate record, this · panel 

has determined unanimously that oral argument would not materially 

assist the determination of these appeals. See Fed. R. App. P. 

34(a); 10th Cir. R. 34.1.9. These cases are therefore ordered 

submitted without oral argument. 

Defendants, Antonio Roman-Vasquez (Vasquez), Rudolfo HinojosNajara (Najara}, Alberdin Hernandez-Avita (Hernandez), and Alonzo 

Hinojos-Jacquez (Jacquez), were each convicted by a jury of one 

count of conspiracy to possess cocaine with intent to distribute 

in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846 and one count of possession with 

intent to distribute more than 500 grams of cocaine in violation 

of 21 u.s.c. ·s 84l(a) (1): On appeal, (1) Vasquez and Hernandez 

challenge the district court's denial of their motion for judgment 

of acquittal pursuant to Fed. R. Crim P. 29(a), (2) Najara 

challenges the sufficiency of the evidence underlying his 

convictions, (3) Jacquez challenges the admission of a government 

exhibit and the refusal to give an addict instruction, and (4) all 

* This order and judgment has no precedential value and shall 

not be cited, or used by any court within the Tenth Circuit, 

except for purposes of establishing the doctrines of the law of 

the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. 10th Cir. R. 

36.3. 

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defendants challenge the district court's instruction on the 

doctrine of "deliberate avoidance." 

We have carefully reviewed the parties' appellate briefs and 

the record on appeal. We find no error in the denial of the 

motion for judgment of acquittal or the refusal to give the addict 

instruction. Further the evidence is sufficient to support 

Najara's convictions. Finally, any error in the admission of the 

government's exhibit 7(a) or the giving of the 

avoidance instruction was, at most, harmless. 

deliberate 

Accordingly, the judgments of the United States District 

Court for the District of New Mexico are AFFIRMED. 

ENTERED FOR THE COURT 

PER CURIAM 

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