CRISP v. UNITED STATES

No. 7675.

262 F.2d 68 (1958)

Olivera Hardy CRISP, and Preston Alligood, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America. Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 20, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bryan Grimes, Washington, N. C., for appellant Olivera Hardy Crisp.

LeRoy Scott, Washington, D. C., for appellant Preston Alligood.

Julian T. Gaskill, U. S. Atty., Goldsboro, N. C. (Jane A. Parker, Asst. U. S. Atty., Raleigh, N. C., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellants were convicted of three separate sales of narcotics in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a). Upon appeal they claim that the trial court erred in refusing to submit a defense of entrapment to the jury, the court holding there was no evidence to support such defense.

The evidence discloses that a Government agent, Montague, went to Washington, North Carolina, to conduct an investigation of suspected narcotics violations. Montague contacted...

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