NEWSOM v. UNITED STATES

No. 19842.

311 F.2d 74 (1962)

Lavonne NEWSOM, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

December 20, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pete White, Fowler Roberts, Dallas, Tex., for appellant.

Robert E. Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., Barefoot Sanders, U. S. Atty., William L. Hughes, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Dallas, Tex., for appellee.

Before RIVES, JONES and BROWN, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

Lavonne Newsom and Travis Dale Linton were jointly indicted on two counts,1 each charging the sale of 276 grams of marijuana to a special employee of the Bureau of Narcotics, United States Treasury Department. The jury returned a verdict finding Newsom guilty on each count; and the court sentenced him to imprisonment for five years.

Upon appeal Newsom urges that the district court erred: 1) in denying his...

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