JONES v. UNITED STATES

No. 15105.

217 F.2d 381 (1954)

Robert LaVerne JONES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

December 15, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Stapleton, Albany, Mo., (appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

O. J. Taylor, Asst. U. S. Atty., Springfield, Mo., (Edward L. Scheufler, U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., on the brief), for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and JOHNSEN, Circuit Judges.


SANBORN, Circuit Judge.

Robert LaVerne Jones was tried and convicted by a jury upon the charge of having purchased and sold narcotic drugs in violation of Section 2553(a), Title 26 U.S.C.A. The District Court imposed a sentence of five years imprisonment, and Jones has appealed.

The evidence against Jones on the trial consisted mainly of 14 capsules of heroin hydrochloride taken from his possession by two detectives of the Police Department of Kansas City...

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