WILLIS v. UNITED STATES

Nos. 14852-14854.

271 F.2d 477 (1959)

Joseph WILLIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1959.

Petition for Rehearing Denied November 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Albert F. Beasley, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Robert R. Redmon, Washington, D. C. (both appointed by this court), was on the brief, for the appellant.

Mr. Louis M. Kaplan, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., and Carl W. Belcher, Asst. U. S. Atty., were on the brief, for appellee.

Mr. Harold D. Rhynedance, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before BAZELON, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges.


BURGER, Circuit Judge.

These are appeals from convictions on three indictments charging appellant with violations of the narcotics laws.1 Appellant urges two grounds for reversal: (1) that certain evidence was illegally seized from his person and should have been suppressed; (2) that the indictments were improperly consolidated for trial, and the judge failed to instruct the jury to consider separately the evidence relating to each of...

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