UNITED STATES v. BETHEA

No. 23892.

442 F.2d 790 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Frederick BETHEA, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 22, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William P. Bernton, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.

Mr. Warren L. Miller, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., and John A. Terry and Vincent R. Alto, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before MacKINNON and WILKEY, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSON, Chief Judge, U. S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama.


JOHNSON, District Judge:

Appellant was found guilty by a jury and convicted of knowingly selling or dispensing a narcotic drug (heroin) not in its original stamped package in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a)1 (count one), and of knowingly facilitating the concealment or sale of a narcotic drug illegally imported into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 1742 (count two). He was sentenced...

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