CRAWFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 15032.

219 F.2d 207 (1955)

Willie A. CRAWFORD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 22, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lee Ducoff, Houston, Tex., for appellant.

C. Anthony Friloux, Asst. U. S. Atty., Malcolm R. Wilkey, U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, HOLMES, Circuit Judge, and ALLRED, District Judge.


Rehearing Denied March 22, 1955. See 220 F.2d 352.

ALLRED, District Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of unlawfully acquiring marihuana without paying the tax thereon, in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 2593(a). He was sentenced to five years imprisonment and fined one dollar, after admitting his identity as a second offender, as charged in an information filed under section 2557 (b), of Title 26.

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