Robert Claude Beckett v. United States

The defendant Beckett appeals from a judgment of conviction on two counts of an indictment by which he was charged as the accomplice (18 U.S.C. § 2) of one Mathis in the unlawful sale and transportation of heroin (21 U.S.C. § 174). The ground of his appeal is that the evidence was insufficient to sustain a conviction.

After the government had rested, defendant moved for a judgment of acquittal. The court denied the motion. Defendant then introduced evidence. However, he did not renew his motion for acquittal at the conclusion of all the evidence, as required by Rule 29 (a). His failure to do…