VERA v. UNITED STATES

No. 16591.

288 F.2d 25 (1961)

Jesse Cruz VERA, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

March 16, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jesse Cruz Vera, pro se.

Edward L. Scheufler, U. S. Atty., and Clark A. Ridpath, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before WOODROUGH, VAN OOSTERHOUT, and MATTHES, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

On October 17, 1957, appellant was sentenced on his plea of guilty to Counts II and III of an indictment which charged him in Count II with receiving, concealing and facilitating the transportation on March 18, 1957, of 47 grains of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174 and in Count III with purchasing on the same date 47 grains of heroin in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a). The periods of appellant's commitment to the custody...

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