UNITED STATES v. PRUITT

No. 14276.

331 F.2d 232 (1964)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Percy PRUITT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

April 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. McGovern, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, U. S. Atty., John Powers Crowley, Chicago, Ill., Frank E. McDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, Paul E. Plunkett, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and SCHNACKENBERG and KNOCH, Circuit Judges.


KNOCH, Circuit Judge.

Defendant-Appellant, Percy Pruitt, was tried by the Court, jury trial having been waived, on a four-count indictment charging two sales of narcotics, and reception, concealment, etc., of the same narcotics. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve six years on the indictment as a whole.

The federal narcotics agent, William H. Turnbou, who testified that defendant made the two sales of narcotics to him, was introduced to defendant by...

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