UNITED STATES v. TRITTON

No. 75-1708.

535 F.2d 359 (1976)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. David TRITTON, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 3, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julius Lucius Echeles, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

John R. Wilks, U. S. Atty., Fort Wayne, Ind., Carmen Piasecki, Asst. U. S. Atty., Hammond, Ind., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before PELL and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges and PARSONS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

A jury found the defendant-appellant guilty of distributing cocaine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) and he appeals. Three issues are presented: (1) whether the defendant was entrapped as a matter of law; (2) whether the defendant's right to present a certain theory of defense was improperly denied; and (3) whether the defendant was unfairly prejudiced when the trial court read the indictment to the jury.

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