WHITING v. UNITED STATES

No. 5811.

296 F.2d 512 (1961)

James WHITING, Defendant, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Medalie, Boston, Mass., with whom Julian Soshnick, Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

William J. Koen, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom W. Arthur Garrity, Jr., U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellee.

Before WOODBURY, Chief Judge, and HARTIGAN and ALDRICH, Circuit Judges.


HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by the appellant from a judgment of conviction on six counts of an indictment arising under 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) and 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, relating to the sales of heroin to a government agent on three separate occasions at Springfield, Massachusetts.

The trial originally estimated by the attorneys for the government and appellant to last some three days consumed ten...

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