VERDUGO v. UNITED STATES

No. 20803.

402 F.2d 599 (1968)

Jose VERDUGO and Horace Eugene Turner, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied September 24, 1968.

As Amended October 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry O. Noffsinger, Jay R. Mayhall (argued), San Francisco, Cal., for Turner.

James R. Hagan (argued), Menlo Park, Cal., for Verdugo.

Jerrold M. Ladar (argued), Robert S. Marder, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

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


BROWNING, Circuit Judge:

Turner and Verdugo were convicted under an indictment charging that on or about July 28, 1964, in San Francisco, California, they fraudulently and knowingly sold and concealed and facilitated the sale, concealment and transportation of 2.695 grams of heroin which had been imported into the United States unlawfully, as appellants knew.

The government's evidence as to the transaction was as follows. Prior to July 28, Agent Chesley of...

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