Joseph Dean Humphries v. United States

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction and sentence of imprisonment entered May 21, 1962, based upon a verdict of a jury finding defendant (appellant) guilty under the first count of an indictment charging him and co-defendant George Allen Owens with selling heroin in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a). In the indictment, the Grand Jury had charged Owens with two additional counts of narcotic violations. Before trial, Owens pleaded guilty to the charges and testified on behalf of the Government at the trial of appellant.

Appellant challenges the sufficiency of the indictment, contending…