United States v. William Frierson

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Defendant, William Frierson, charged in an indictment with concealing and facilitating the concealment and transportation of a narcotic drug in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, was found guilty by a jury and was later sentenced to a term of imprisonment.

Defendant appeals on two grounds: 1) a motion to suppress evidence consisting of heroin found in defendant’s apartment was erroneously denied; and 2) the evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict.

The government’s evidence leading to defendant’s arrest may be summarized as follows. A federal narcotics undercover…