GOSS v. UNITED STATES

No. 23257.

376 F.2d 812 (1967)

Wilbur M. GOSS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

March 2, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Thompson, Gainesville, Ga., for appellant.

Floyd M. Buford, U. S. Atty., Tyrus R. Atkinson, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Macon, Ga., for appellee.

Before TUTTLE, Chief Judge, WISDOM, Circuit Judge, and BREWSTER, District Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Wilbur M. Goss, the defendant-appellant, was indicted on eight counts for possessing and selling untaxpaid distilled spirits in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5205(a) (2), 5604(a). He was convicted on six counts relating to three transactions.

The principal defense offered upon the trial was that of entrapment. On appeal, the appellant contends that the trial court erred, as a matter of law, in overruling his motion for a judgment of acquittal...

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