UNITED STATES v. WHITE

No. 30822.

450 F.2d 264 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Pauline Clark WHITE, a/k/a Pauline Littlejohn, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied December 27, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reuben A. Garland, Edward T. M. Garland, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., Robert L. Smith, E. Ray Taylor, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before RIVES, AINSWORTH and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge:

Pauline White, a/k/a Pauline Littlejohn (defendant-appellant) and Ossie Ligon were arrested and charged with illegal importation of marijuana in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a. At a joint trial in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, both were convicted wholly on circumstantial evidence. From that conviction, Mrs. Littlejohn has filed this appeal.

In July of 1969, United States customs officials in...

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