UNITED STATES v. JAMES

No. 76-1432.

555 F.2d 992 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America v. John R. JAMES, Jr., Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Riehl*, with whom Michael E. Geltner, New York City (appointed by this court) was on the brief, for appellant.

Mary Ellen Abrecht, Asst. U. S. Atty., Washington, D. C., with whom Earl J. Silbert, U. S. Atty., John A. Terry, Albert H. Turkus and Edward C. McGuire, Asst. U. S. Attys., Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before DANAHER, Senior Circuit Judge, and TAMM and ROBINSON, Circuit Judges.


Opinion for the Court filed by SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge.

SPOTTSWOOD W. ROBINSON, III, Circuit Judge:

John R. James Jr., challenges several evidentiary rulings in the wake of which he was convicted of possessing a controlled substance with intent to distribute.1 His effort to exclude heroin seized from his jacket strikes us as misplaced,2 but we agree that the lurid circumstances of...

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