UNITED STATES v. McCORKLE

No. 17161.

413 F.2d 307 (1969)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Eddie McCORKLE, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

July 15, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn C. Fowlkes, Charles B. Evins, R. Eugene Pincham, Earl E. Strayhorn, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant Eddie McCorkle.

Thomas A. Foran, U. S. Atty., Howard M. Hoffman, Chicago, Ill., for appellee; John Peter Lulinski, Michael B. Nash, Asst. U. S. Attys., of counsel.

Before CASTLE, Chief Judge, KILEY, Circuit Judge, and GRANT, District Judge.


CASTLE, Chief Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction by the district court, a jury having been waived, for the sale and concealment of heroin in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 174. The four count indictment charged that on January 20, 1966 and February 17, 1966, defendant and his co-defendant, Ben Curry, unlawfully sold certain quantities of heroin to narcotics agent Frank J. Boyles, and...

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