Norman Salley v. United States

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is from a conviction for sale of narcotics to an undercover police officer. The crux of appellant’s defense was that, while the officer may have purchased drugs from someone at the time and place claimed, the purchase was not made from the appellant. Consequently,' defense counsel filed a written request setting forth an instruction on identity. The court denied the requested charge, and gave the boiler plate instruction, 1 adding only that “defendant denies that he made any such sale and takes the position that if Officer Brooks did buy these six…