CHAVEZ v. UNITED STATES

No. 20314.

387 F.2d 937 (1967)

Manuel CHAVEZ aka Joe Paiz, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

December 12, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome Marks (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., Richard V. Boulger (argued), Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before POPE, MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges.


DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

Stated most favorably to the government, the evidence in this case discloses that on July 31, 1963, appellant made two separate sales of heroin to an undercover agent of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics. In the first sale, the agent paid appellant $40 for four bindles containing .31 grams; in the second sale, he paid appellant $110 for four half spoons containing 2.01 grams.

On January 3, 1964, appellant was charged in a 2-count indictment...

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