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JACKSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 13918.

250 F.2d 772 (1957)

Ernest J. JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Donald E. Cross, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Bryce Rea, Jr., Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this Court), was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before EDGERTON, Chief Judge, and WILBUR K. MILLER and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of two counts of narcotics violations, the first under 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a), and the second under 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of five and ten years.

He urges reversal on two grounds: (1) that he was convicted on insufficient evidence; and (2) that the evidence was inadmissible because it was obtained by illegal search and seizure. We think the convictions must be reversed...

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