UNITED STATES v. HEAD

Nos. 217, 261, Dockets 76-1249, 76-1271.

546 F.2d 6 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Donald HEAD, a/k/a "Mr. Don", and Bruce Wheaton, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Perl, New York City, for defendant-appellant Head.

Arnold M. Cowan, Redondo Beach, Cal. (Abraham Solomon, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant Wheaton.

Federico E. Virella, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City (Robert B. Fiske, Jr., U. S. Atty., S. D. N. Y., New York City, Paul Vizcarrondo, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., New York City), for appellee.

Before FEINBERG, GURFEIN and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:

In January of 1976, Jack Taylor, an undercover agent with the Drug Enforcement Administration, had several telephone conversations with Boonsak Phuvasitkul, a resident of Thailand, concerning the proposed purchase of a unit of heroin which would be mailed from Thailand to the United States through the United States Air Force postal system. Events which followed rapidly thereafter led to the arrest and conviction of appellants on one...

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