Legal Opinion
United States v. Henry Jenkins, AKA Terry Lee Jenkins
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1973No. 72-3679PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Per curiam
Jenkins was convicted by the lower court sitting without a jury of knowingly and intentionally distributing a controlled substance, heroin, 1 in violation of Title 21, U.S.C., § 841, in consequence of a sale to an undercover U. S. Bureau of Narcotic Drugs agent, Campbell.
Jenkins raises two contentions on appeal: (1) that the United States violated his Fifth Amendment due process rights by using an informer, Giles, who was retained on a contingent fee basis; 2 and (2) that the lower court’s finding that entrapment did not occur, 3 was contrary to the manifest weight of the evidence. We find…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Jack Marrin Williamson and Morris Lee Lowrey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- William Clayton Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Minor Jones, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by29 opinions
- United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- United States v. William ReyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- United States v. Thurnell Alston, Ervin BrennonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1990
- United States v. John Arthur DanielsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- United States v. Thomas Andrews, A/K/A Tank Andrews, Beverly Stokes, Ollie Tatum and Alvin RoysterCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
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