UNITED STATES v. KOUNTIS

No. 15025.

350 F.2d 869 (1965)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Gus N. KOUNTIS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 12, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel C. Ahern, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Edward V. Hanrahan, U. S. Atty., John Peter Lulinski, John Powers Crowley, Douglas G. Brown, Chicago, Ill., James J. Casey, Asst. U. S. Atty., of counsel, for appellee.

Before HASTINGS, Chief Judge, and DUFFY and CASTLE, Circuit Judges.


DUFFY, Circuit Judge.

After a trial before the Court, defendant was found guilty of receiving, concealing, buying, selling and facilitating the transportation, concealment and sale of narcotic drugs. A mandatory minimum sentence of ten years was imposed.

On this appeal, defendant makes three principal points. He urges the defense of abandonment; that an admission by defendant, received in evidence over objection, was elicited by government agents through an...

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