UNITED STATES v. LUNSFORD

No. 8715.

316 F.2d 187 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Roosevelt LUNSFORD and William James Thomas, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 29, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. S. Parsons, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Parsons, Stant & Parsons, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant William James Thomas.

Roger T. Williams, Asst. U. S. Atty. (C. V. Spratley, Jr., U. S. Atty., on brief), for appellee.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge, and PREYER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Both Lunsford and Thomas were convicted and they appealed, but Lunsford has not pressed his appeal and the hearing was on Thomas' appeal only.

As to Thomas, the only question at the trial was one of fact as to the identity of this defendant as the person who sold the government agent a quantity of whisky. The agent's testimony was sufficient to send the issue to the jury, and the jury resolved it against the defendant, Thomas.

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