UNITED STATES v. COOPER

No. 15203.

321 F.2d 456 (1963)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Clarence Levi COOPER, Jr., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claudia H. Shropshire, Detroit, Mich. (Goodman, Crockett, Eden, Robb & Philo, Detroit, Mich., Lubell, Lubell & Jones, New York City, on the brief), for appellant.

Milton J. Trumbauer, Jr., Detroit, Mich. (Lawrence Gubow, U. S. Atty., Milton J. Trumbauer, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WEICK, Circuit Judge, and KENT and FOX, District Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Clarence Levi Cooper, Jr., was convicted by a jury in the District Court on all four counts of an indictment charging him with sales and possession of narcotics on December 5th and 7th, 1960 in violation of Title 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a) and Title 21 U.S.C. § 174.

In his appeal, he contends that at the trial he established the defense of entrapment as a matter of law. He further complains of error in the court's instructions...

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