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HANSFORD v. UNITED STATES

No. 16432.

303 F.2d 219 (1962)

David Louis HANSFORD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided by Judgment Entered April 13, 1962.

Opinion Rendered May 3, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George W. Shadoan, Washington, D. C., for appellant. Mr. Robert L. Callahan, Jr., Takoma, Md. (appointed by this court) was on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee. Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Charles T. Duncan, Principal Asst. U. S. Atty., Arthur J. McLaughlin, Asst. U. S. Atty., and Miss Doris H. Spangenburg, Asst. U. S. Atty. at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee. Mr. Donald S. Smith, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, Chief Judge, and EDGERTON, PRETTYMAN, BAZELON, FAHY, WASHINGTON, DANAHER, BASTIAN and BURGER, Circuit Judges, sitting

FAHY, Circuit Judge, with whom EDGERTON, BAZELON, WASHINGTON, DANAHER and BURGER, Circuit Judges, join.

Hansford, the appellant, was found to have sold four capsules containing heroin to a special employee of the Metropolitan Police Department in July 1960. He was found guilty of the sale, possession and importation of narcotic drugs in violation of federal statutes,1 and was sentenced to prison for ten years. Officer Hutcherson of the...

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