UNITED STATES v. CEPHAS

No. 12446.

263 F.2d 518 (1959)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Durand CEPHAS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin S. Gerber, George B. Collins, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Hon. Robert Tieken, U. S. Atty., Charles R. Purcell, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill. (John Peter Lulinski, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., of counsel), for appellee.

Before MAJOR, PARKINSON and KNOCH, Circuit Judges.


PARKINSON, Circuit Judge.

Durand Cephas, the appellant here and a defendant below, and defendants Betty Wright, Benjamin Balkcom and Floyd Connie were indicted for violations of the narcotics laws. Counts I and II charged all four with violations on May 22, 1957 of Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a) and Title 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, respectively; Counts III and IV charged Cephas, Wright and Connie with the same respective violations on June 10, 1957; and Count V was...

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