JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES

No. 16457.

270 F.2d 721 (1959)

Robert JOHNSON and Dona Johnson, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

September 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Lavine, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Robert D. Hornbaker, Robert John Jensen, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before MARTIN, CHAMBERS and BARNES, Circuit Judges.


MARTIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, husband and wife, were convicted on charges of transferring marijuana and of its concealment in violation of the anti-narcotic laws of the United States. The statutes charged as violated were Title 26, section 4742(a), and Title 21, section 176a, of the United States Code. The husband drew a total sentence of ten years and the wife received a sentence of five years.

Briefly stated, the background facts are that two persons...

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