HAMER v. UNITED STATES

No. 15688.

259 F.2d 274 (1958)

Eddie Rena HAMER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 6, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry E. Weiss, Los Angeles, Cal., Ernest L. Graves, Wilmington, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Eugene N. Sherman, Lloyd F. Dunn, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before BARNES and HAMLEY, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, District Judge.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted on two counts of a five count indictment. On one count she was acquitted by the jury — two counts were dismissed by the judge.

The two counts which resulted in convictions related to the alleged sale of 283 grains of heroin on September 11, 1956, and of 223 grains of heroin on September 24, 1956; the sale in each instance having been made to one William Farrington. These offenses were charged in violation...

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