UNITED STATES v. PRUITT

No. 73-1342.

487 F.2d 1241 (1973)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Russell PRUITT, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1973.

Rehearing Denied January 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. O'Herin, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Richard K. Coffin, Dept. of Justice, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee.

Before GIBSON, LAY, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Russell Pruitt appeals his judgment of conviction, entered after a jury trial, on two counts of distribution of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a) (1). He was sentenced by The Honorable James Meredith, Chief Judge of the District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, to a term of imprisonment of five years on each count, to run concurrently.

On appeal defendant alleges three grounds of error: (1) failure to instruct...

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