ROSS v. UNITED STATES

No. 17877.

349 F.2d 210 (1965)

Howard ROSS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided June 30, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Edwin R. Schneider, Jr., Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. Gerald A. Messerman, Asst. U. S. Atty., at the time of argument, with whom Messrs. David C. Acheson, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker, and Harold J. Sullivan, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee. Mr. Jerome Nelson, Asst. U. S. Atty., also entered an appearance for appellee.

Before WASHINGTON, DANAHER, and McGOWAN, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

When this appeal was first before us, it appeared that appellant had been convicted of a narcotics violation solely upon the testimony of an undercover policeman. No corroboration was forthcoming other than the drugs asserted to have been purchased from appellant by the policeman on May 10, 1962. Because the complaint against appellant was not sworn out until December 5, 1962 — seven months after the alleged offense — we remanded the case...

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