UNITED STATES v. HOOKS

No. 15199.

359 F.2d 584 (1966)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Charles HOOKS, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Byrd R. Brown, Pittsburgh, Pa. (Utterback, Brown & Harper, Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

James P. McKenna, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Gustave Diamond, U. S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Before McLAUGHLIN, HASTIE and FREEDMAN, Circuit Judges.


McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted under seven counts of an eight count indictment charging violations of various federal statutes concerning the transfer of narcotic drugs. There was a direction of judgment of acquittal on the seventh count at the end of the Government's case.

The first count of the indictment charged that defendant unlawfully transferred to George Emrich, Narcotics Agent, 15.900 grams of marijuana, not in pursuance of a written...

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