HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 20955.

377 F.2d 515 (1967)

Thomas HUGHES, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

April 18, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond E. Sutton, Las Vegas, Nev., for appellant.

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

Before BROWNING and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and BOLDT, District Judge.


BOLDT, District Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada. Upon a jury verdict appellant was adjudged guilty of illegal transportation of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and committed to the custody of the Attorney General for a five-year term.

On the evening of April 22, 1965 police observed appellant in a pool hall in West Las Vegas. Several...

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