HEMPHILL v. UNITED STATES

No. 18936.

392 F.2d 45 (1968)

Benjamin HEMPHILL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 2, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth V. Byrne, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

John A. Newton, Asst. U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Veryl L. Riddle, U. S. Atty., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

Before MATTHES, GIBSON and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


MATTHES, Circuit Judge.

Benjamin Hemphill has appealed from a judgment of conviction entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of the unlawful sale of heroin without the requisite Treasury form in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a). We affirm.

The government's case rests primarily on the testimony of a government informer, Mrs. Bernice Taylor, and federal narcotic agent, Richard M. Patch. The informer, at the inducement of Patch, entered into...

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