UNITED STATES v. DRAGOTTO

No. 284, Docket 23868.

231 F.2d 315 (1956)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Nicholas DRAGOTTO, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Berger, New York City, for defendant-appellant.

Myles J. Ambrose, Asst. U. S. Atty. for Southern Dist. of N. Y., New York City (Paul W. Williams, U. S. Atty., New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, MEDINA, Circuit Judge, and GALSTON, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Defendant's conviction upon a substantive and a conspiracy count for violation of the anti-narcotics laws was based primarily on the events of November 4, 1954, when, as observed by a government agent, Dragotto left a bag containing glassine envelopes of heroin behind an entrance door jamb in a New York City building, whence it was retrieved by another and divided among himself and two companions. Later one Ojeda was arrested with heroin in his possession...

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