Legal Opinion
United States v. Cohen
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 1, 1949No. 16, Docket 21328PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLARK, Circuit Judge.
The defendants, William and Katherine Cohen, were tried to a jury on two counts of an indictment charging them with having sold heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. §§ 173, 174. On two different occasions government agents had given marked money to informers, having first searched the informers to ascertain that they had no heroin at that time. In each case the informer, constantly under the gaze of the government agents, proceeded to meet the defendants, hand them bills, and receive something from one of the defendants. The packages given to the informers were turned over…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Berger v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Caminetti v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Di Carlo v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- United States v. Antonelli Fireworks Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1946
- Diggs v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1915
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3Cited by16 opinions
- United States v. RosenbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Henderson v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1953
- United States v. John David ProvooCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- United States v. Andrew J. WelebirCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
- United States v. WolfsonDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1971
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