HUGHES v. UNITED STATES

No. 22457.

427 F.2d 66 (1970)

Jessie HUGHES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

May 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr., of Cochran & Atkins, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Wm. Matthew Byrne, Jr., U. S. Atty., Ronald Morrow, Robert L. Brosio, Henry J. Novak, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before MERRILL and DUNIWAY, Circuit Judges, and BURKE, District Judge.


BURKE, District Judge:

Jessie Hughes appeals from his conviction, following a trial by jury, on all nine counts of a nine-count indictment charging three separate knowing sales and concealments of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a).

Testimony elicited at the trial established that on the three occasions described in the indictment appellant sold heroin to William B. Jackson, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics...

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