UNITED STATES v. ADAMS

Nos. 72-1444, 72-1445.

470 F.2d 249 (1972)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Billy Ray ADAMS and William Pickens Adams, Jr., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

December 12, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. McDonald, Asst. U. S. Atty. (Richard A. Pyle, U. S. Atty., on the brief), for plaintiff-appellee.

John M. Butler, Muskogee, Okl., for defendants-appellants.

Before BREITENSTEIN and McWILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and CHRISTENSEN, District Judge.


BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge.

Defendants-appellants Billy Ray Adams and William Pickens Adams were indicted for various offenses relating to the illegal production of distilled spirits, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 5601(a) (1), 5601(a)(4), 5601(a)(7), 5681(c), and 5686(a). Billy Ray was convicted on two counts and William on all five. Both have appealed.

Defendants attack the sufficiency of the evidence. Government agents had a still site under surveillance...

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