UNITED STATES v. BROWN

No. 30563.

451 F.2d 1231 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Hugh BROWN and Lewis D. Hayes, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 23, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Jacobson, Jacksonville, Fla. (court-appointed), for Hugh Brown & Lewis D. Hayes.

Rudy Hernandez, Asst. U. S. Atty., John L. Briggs, U. S. Atty., M. D. Fla., Jacksonville, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, TUTTLE and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.


TUTTLE, Circuit Judge:

This appeal illustrates the type of criminal case in which government counsel, having adequately proved sufficient facts to warrant submission of the question of the guilt of the two defendants to the jury has, through his over-zealousness, caused the court to commit error which requires a reversal of the conviction and sentence and the holding of a new trial.

The specific errors complained of in this narcotics law violation prosecution...

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