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HARRIS v. UNITED STATES

No. 20738.

371 F.2d 365 (1967)

Willie James HARRIS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 19, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack E. Butler, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant.

Joseph L. Ward, U. S. Atty., Robert S. Linnell, Asst. U. S. Atty., Las Vegas, Nev., for appellee.

Before BARNES, HAMLEY, and BROWNING, Circuit Judges.

BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

We have concluded that the grounds urged for reversing appellant's conviction of narcotics offenses are without merit.

1. Appellant attacks the adequacy of the government's proof of "chain of custody" of the narcotics offered in evidence, primarily on the ground that the narcotics were left for a time in the locked trunk of a government chemist's unattended automobile. A sufficient answer is found in Gallego v. United States,

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