PEDEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 12479.

223 F.2d 319 (1955)

Lawrence W. PEDEN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jerome H. Heckman, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Thomas H. Wall, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this Court), was on the brief for appellant.

Mr. John D. Lane, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Mr. Leo A. Rover, U. S. Atty., and Mr. Lewis Carroll, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Samuel J. L'Hommedieu, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.


PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was indicted, tried and convicted for narcotics violations.1 He alleges errors in three respects. The first and principal point relates to a remark made by the prosecuting attorney in his summation to the jury. The accused was arrested after he had allegedly made a sale of narcotics to an informer who had been supplied with marked money. The arrest was made in a little house, or shack, on a used-car...

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