Legal Opinion
United States v. Walter Riley
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 12, 1966No. 412, Docket 29383PublishedCited by 69 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:
In this typical narcotics prosecution under 21 U.S.C. §§ 173 and 174, in which the defendant Riley received a mandatory ten year sentence as a second offender, the sole issue on appeal is the judge’s refusal to allow the defense to argue entrapment and to submit the issue to the jury.
The Government’s evidence was given primarily by an undercover agent of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics, whose account was supported by another agent surveilling from afar. The former testified that, on April 27, 1964, an unnamed informant took him to Riley’s apartment and introduced him…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Lopez v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- Casey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
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3Cited by69 opinions
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- William Clayton Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Milford Burkley, (Two Cases)Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1979
- United States v. Stuart SteinbergCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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