UNITED STATES v. JENKINS

No. 78-5088.

586 F.2d 635 (1978)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Helen JENKINS, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 2, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Roberts, Chief Federal Defender, Kenneth R. Sasse, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant.

James K. Robinson, U. S. Atty., Ellen Ritteman, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before WEICK and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and LAWRENCE, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant Jenkins was convicted after a jury trial on a charge of smuggling goods into the United States, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545 (1976). She received a two-year sentence.

On appeal she contends that the customs regulation was so overbroad and vague that it denied defendant due process, that the jury instruction tended to shift the burden of proof to the defendant, and that the prosecutor improperly prejudiced the result by an accusation...

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