UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 22258.

423 F.2d 621 (1970)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 9, 1970.

Certiorari Denied April 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton Marks (argued), Beverly Hills, Cal., Jack K. Berman, Eugene W. Doyle, San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

John Bartko, Asst. U. S. Atty., Cecil F. Poole, U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before JOHNSEN, BROWNING, and CARTER, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied April 27, 1970. See 90 S.Ct. 1500.

PER CURIAM:

Defendant was convicted on four counts of an indictment alleging four separate sales of heroin in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a). He contends that the statute is unconstitutional because, as applied to him, it violated the privilege against self-incrimination, and because it is not reasonably related to the taxing authority conferred on Congress by the Constitution. The legislation was...

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