WHITE v. UNITED STATES

No. 16845.

282 F.2d 471 (1960)

E. H. WHITE, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 23, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lynn Carman, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Laurence E. Dayton, U. S. Atty., William P. Clancey, John Kaplan, Asst. U. S. Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, ORR and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of a violation of Section 174 of 21 U.S.C.A.1 He complains that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the conviction, notwithstanding his admission of possession of the drug heroin and the Government's reliance on the presumption contained in said Section to the effect that possession of the narcotic drug shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant explains that...

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