Legal Opinion
United States v. Washington Forest Duke and John Richard Liles
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 25, 1970No. 27673_1PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge:
Duke and Liles appeal from judgments of conviction based upon a jury’s verdict of guilty on each of three counts involving heroin. 1 The critical question presented for review is whether the evidence of their possession of the heroin is sufficient to sustain their convictions.
The validity with respect to heroin of the last paragraph of 21 U.S.C. 174 (n. 1, supra), making possession of heroin sufficient evidence to authorize conviction, has been sustained once they were convicted. Turner v. United States, 1970, 396 U.S. 398, 90 S.Ct. 642, 24 L.Ed.2d 610. There the Court…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by25 opinions
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