BECKETT v. UNITED STATES

No. 20272.

379 F.2d 863 (1967)

Robert Claude BECKETT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

May 19, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David K. Yamakawa, Jr., San Francisco, Cal. for appellant.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U. S. Atty., Shelby R. Gott, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before POPE, MERRILL and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The defendant Beckett appeals from a judgment of conviction on two counts of an indictment by which he was charged as the accomplice (18 U.S.C. § 2) of one Mathis in the unlawful sale and transportation of heroin (21 U.S.C. § 174). The ground of his appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction.

After the government had rested, defendant moved for a judgment of acquittal. The court denied the motion. Defendant then...

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