UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 23462.

415 F.2d 653 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Walter JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

August 14, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Clarke (argued), San Diego, Cal., for appellant.

Brian E. Michaels (argued), Asst. U.S. Atty., Edwin L. Miller, U.S. Atty., San Diego, Cal., for appellee.

Before JERTBERG and HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judges, and FERGUSON, District Judge.


JERTBERG, Circuit Judge:

Appellant was convicted by a jury of the offense of knowingly smuggling four ounces of heroin, a narcotic drug, into the United States from Mexico, and was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General of the United States for a period of ten years, to be served concurrently with an existing sentence from an unrelated conviction.

Appellant, and one Muriel Eugene Williams, were accused in a one-count indictment, charging that said...

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