UNITED STATES v. PETERSON

Cr. No. 153-57.

170 F.Supp. 251 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. Gerald PETERSON, Defendant.

United States District Court D. Utah, Central Division.

February 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Pratt Kesler, U. S. Atty., and C. Nelson Day, Asst. U. S. Atty., for the Dist. of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff.

Joseph W. Boone, Salt Lake City, Utah, for defendant.


CHRISTENSON, District Judge.

On October 21, 1957, defendant was committed to serve a sentence of seven years imprisonment for violating Section 4742(a), Title 26 U.S.C., by unlawfully transferring marihuana, of which offense he had been found guilty by a jury. He has filed a motion for new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence, relying upon circumstances heretofore held by me to justify the granting of new trials in criminal cases No. Cr-151-57, United...

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