MINKIN v. UNITED STATES

No. 20918.

383 F.2d 427 (1967)

Howard Gerald MINKIN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 11, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Perry Langford, Langford, Langford & Lane, San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Edwin L. Miller, Jr., U. S. Atty., Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS, JOHNSEN and KOELSCH, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

The judgment of conviction is affirmed.

We find no constitutional objection to giving the United States Attorney an option as to what crime he will prosecute for a conviction where a given set of facts permits a choice.

Also, we reject the contention of appellant that there was ipso facto coerced testimony against him by the plea bargaining indulged in by the government with the other defendants who testified and were sentenced for lesser...

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