OREBO v. UNITED STATES

No. 17285.

293 F.2d 747 (1961)

Louise OREBO and Tom Gore, Jr., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 1, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard D. Esbenshade, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Francis C. Whelan, U. S. Atty., Thomas R. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chief Criminal Division; Ernest A. Long, Asst. U. S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, ORR and BARNES, Circuit Judges.


ORR, Circuit Judge.

Appellants stand convicted of selling and concealing narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174. The Government's principal witness Louis Peterson, was a paid informer, who had been previously convicted of narcotics violations.

The said informer testified directly to several meetings with appellants, during two of which the alleged violations of federal law took place. The informer's testimony was in most part corroborated by regular...

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