UNITED STATES v. ADCOCK

No. 73-1224.

487 F.2d 637 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert Carl ADCOCK, II, and Lawrence H. Newell, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. W. Rivers, Melton & Rivers, Paducah, Ky., on brief, for defendants-appellants.

George J. Long, U.S. Atty., James H. Barr, Asst. U.S. Atty., Louisville, Ky., on brief, for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and McCREE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is a direct appeal by two young Vietnam veterans who became addicted to heroin during their tours of duty in Southeast Asia. On May 3, 1972, appellants were charged in a six-count indictment charging violation of federal narcotics laws. Count one charged both defendants, under the conspiracy provision, 21 U.S.C. § 963, with having conspired to smuggle heroin knowingly and intentionally into the United States in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 952...

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