BUTLER v. UNITED STATES

No. 7682.

260 F.2d 574 (1958)

Marion Southall BUTLER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 10, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Scott Anderson, Richmond, Va. (Court appointed counsel), for appellant.

R. R. Ryder, Sp. Asst. U. S. Atty. (L. S. Parsons, Jr., U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

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


PER CURIAM.

In the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, with nine co-defendants, was tried and convicted upon charges of conspiracy to violate the Internal Revenue laws relating to liquor. The defendant had independently employed counsel of his own selection, an experienced trial attorney who, as a result of illness, had become addicted to dope. The defendant knew that his attorney had recently been under treatment for narcotics addiction...

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