UNITED STATES v. CASTRO

No. 7195.

413 F.2d 891 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. Jorge Humberto Bastidas CASTRO, Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

July 25, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francisco R. de Jesus, Jr., San Juan, P. R., by appointment of the Court, on brief, for appellant.

Francisco A. Gil, Jr., U. S. Atty., Will Wilson, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Jerome M. Feit and Elizabeth Meyer, Attys., Dept. of Justice, on brief, for appellee.

Before ALDRICH, Chief Judge, McENTEE and COFFIN, Circuit Judges.


COFFIN, Circuit Judge.

On April 27, 1967, the defendant and a friend, Carlos Schneider, sold 8.5 grams of cocaine to a government informant — the entire transaction being observed by a government agent. On August 7, 1967, the grand jury returned an indictment charging the defendant and Schneider with violations of 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a), purchasing cocaine not in the original stamped package; 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a), selling cocaine without the requisite...

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