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UNITED STATES v. GORDON

No. 74-3034.

526 F.2d 406 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Joseph Edward GORDON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

November 21, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ron Minkin, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant-appellant.

Wilfred A. Hearn, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before KOELSCH and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON, District Judge.

OPINION

SOLOMON, District Judge:

The principal issue in this appeal is whether the defense of duress is available to one who asserts that he committed an illegal act to protect the lives of friends.

Gordon, the appellant, admits that he possessed and sold 250,000 amphetamine tablets, but he asserts that he did it because of threats to himself and two friends by the undercover agent to whom he sold the drugs.

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