UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 73-1546 Summary Calendar.

481 F.2d 645 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Earnest JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Chason, court-appointed, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant-appellant.

John W. Stokes, Jr., U. S. Atty., William P. Gaffney, Asst. U. S. Atty., Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WISDOM, AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Earnest Johnson appeals from his conviction for the distribution of heroin, 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1). We find no merit in Johnson's appellate contentions that he was entrapped and was a mere conduit rather than a distributor. We affirm.

These are the facts. As two undercover police officers and two informants were riding in an automobile in Atlanta, Georgia, one of the informants, a female, recognized Johnson who was standing near a street intersection...

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