UNITED STATES v. RIVERA

No. 17713.

437 F.2d 879 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Jose Antonio RIVERA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

February 3, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. McHugh, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

William J. Bauer, U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee; John B. Simon, John Peter Lulinski, Jeffrey Cole, Asst. U. S. Attys., Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Before SWYGERT, Chief Judge, CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and PELL, Circuit Judge.


CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

The defendant-appellant, Jose Antonio Rivera, was convicted following a jury trial on an indictment charging him with a sale of heroin on August 21, 1967, in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4704(a). He was sentenced to five years imprisonment.

The defendant's sole contention on appeal is that the District Court's rulings admitting, over defense counsel's objection, evidence concerning a sale of marihuana to government agent Frank...

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