UNITED STATES v. HOSKINS

No. 16830.

406 F.2d 72 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jesse HOSKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 7, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, Howard W. Minn, Chicago, Ill., for appellant.

Thomas A. Foran, U. S. Atty., Michael B. Nash, Chicago, Ill., for appellee, John Peter Lulinski, William P. Cagney, David R. Mackenzie, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.

Before HASTINGS, SWYGERT and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

The defendant, Jesse Hoskins, appeals his conviction and sentence for violation of the federal narcotics laws relating to the possession of heroin, under 21 U.S.C. § 174. The evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to the Government, shows that on the night of October 18, 1967 Federal Narcotics agent Carl Jackson and an Illinois state inspector, John Karstan, were driving on the south side of Chicago near 82d and Peoria Streets. After...

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