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SIMMONS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 11914, 11915.

220 F.2d 377 (1954)

Nathaniel SIMMONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee. Gladys SIMMONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert J. Ahern, Jr., Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. James J. Laughlin, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellants.

Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Robert J. Asman, Jr., and Frederick G. Smithson, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and DANAHER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

These appeals followed convictions on a number of counts charging violations of the narcotic laws.* The principal contention of appellants is that the court erred in not requiring the Government to call as a witness an informer who, at the behest of a police officer who did testify at the trial, had participated in the transactions which led to the convictions on several of the counts. This contention is inconsistent with Dear...

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