MIMS v. UNITED STATES

No. 15654.

254 F.2d 654 (1958)

James MIMS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

March 28, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Minsky & Garber, Bernard W. Minsky, Robert Barnett, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Ronald Rosen, Lloyd F. Dunn, David B. Schefrin, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before FEE, CHAMBERS and BARNES, Circuit Judges.


BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of an illegal sale of narcotics (21 U.S.C.A. § 174). He urges reversal because:

(1) The District Court failed to instruct the jury that the testimony of (a) an accomplice, and (b) a perjurer, not an accomplice, must be viewed with extreme caution;

(2) The District Court refused to allow appellant "to inquire into the business relationship" between appellant and the father of his alleged...

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