SLATON v. UNITED STATES

No. 72 C 3131.

356 F.Supp. 1172 (1973)

James SLATON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 16, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Slaton, pro se.

James R. Thompson, U. S. Atty., G. B. Nash, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

AUSTIN, District Judge.

In 1968 petitioner was convicted of unlawfully receiving heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 and of selling heroin without receiving an order form from the buyer in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a). At the hearing prior to the imposition of sentence the United States Attorney informed this court that Slaton had a prior narcotics conviction in 1950, which under 26 U.S.C. § 7237 mandated...

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