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UNITED STATES v. WALKER

No. 24002.

449 F.2d 1171 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America v. Vincent B. WALKER, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided September 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Herbert E. Forrest, Washington, D. C. (appointed by this Court) for appellant.

Mr. Charles H. Roistacher, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Thomas A. Flannery, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry and David C. Woll, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, and WRIGHT and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

The only issue warranting discussion in this case concerns the trial judge's refusal to permit defense counsel to cross-examine a government witness on the daily dosage of a heroin addict.1

Appellant was convicted of two counts of federal narcotic violations based on his possession of 36 capsules of heroin. Count one was based on 26 U.S.C. § 4704 (a), which requires the government to prove that appellant...

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