UNITED STATES v. BELL

No. 73-2038.

498 F.2d 887 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Robert BELL, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Derango, Jr., Belleville, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Henry A. Schwarz, U. S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior District Judge, and STECKLER, District Judge.


STECKLER, District Judge.

Defendant, Robert Bell, was charged by information with the possession of heroin in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 844(a). Following a jury verdict of guilty and the denial of defendant's post-trial motion for an order granting a new trial, or in the alternative for acquittal, the defendant was sentenced to a one-year term of imprisonment. We affirm.

On August 30, 1972...

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