UNITED STATES v. COWSEN

No. 75-1627.

530 F.2d 734 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Ervin COWSEN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1976.

Certiorari Denied June 1, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leo V. Garvin, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., for defendant-appellant.

Henry A. Schwarz, U.S. Atty., William C. Evers, III, Asst. U.S. Atty., E. St. Louis, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before SWYGERT, PELL and TONE, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied June 1, 1976. See 96 S.Ct. 2227.

TONE, Circuit Judge.

Defendant appeals from his conviction of distributing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), urging that the delay between the offense and the indictment was unreasonable and that the District Court erred in ruling on evidence and instructing the jury. We affirm.

On October 28, 1974, in the afternoon, undercover agents Louise Banks and John Lofton of the Illinois Bureau...

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