DEANS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20238.

374 F.2d 284 (1966)

Maurice DEANS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 21, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Martin Fleit, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this court), for appellant.

Mr. James A. Strazzella, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. David G. Bress, U. S. Atty., Frank Q. Nebeker and Harold H. Titus, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, BURGER, Circuit Judge, and EDWARDS, Circuit Judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.


PER CURIAM:

Appellant was convicted of transferring marihuana unlawfully, 26 U.S.C. § 4742(a), and of obtaining marihuana without prepayment of the tax, 26 U.S.C. § 4744(a), and was sentenced to ten years on the first, and five years on the second conviction, the sentences to run concurrently. We find no grounds for reversal.

Only one matter revealed by the record deserves comment. A Bureau of Narcotics agent testified at trial that he delivered...

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