UNITED STATES v. BASS

No. 75-1560.

535 F.2d 110 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America v. James BASS, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 23, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred Warren Bennett, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

John L. Kern, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., for appellee. Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, James F. Rutherford, Charles J. Harkins, Jr., Carolyn R. Kleiman, Asst. U. S. Attys. and Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., at the time the brief was filed, were on the brief for appellee. Steven R. Schaars and Bernard J. Panetta, II, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., also entered appearances for appellee.

Before BAZELON, Chief Judge, ROBINSON and MacKINNON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by Chief Judge BAZELON.

BAZELON, Chief Judge:

James Bass was convicted by a jury of three counts of distribution of a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a), and was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment on each count, all sentences to run concurrently. He appeals both the conviction and the sentence. We affirm.

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