Wallace Eugene Current v. United States

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of conviction based on a jury verdict on a two count indictment; the first charging the appellant with the illegal importation of marijuana, which should have been invoiced, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 176a, 1 and the second, smuggling and clandestinely introducing merchandise (namely, amphetamine tablets) which should have been invoiced, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 545. 2 For a discussion of the difference between the “importation” or “bringing in” of merchandise, on the one hand, and “smuggling” or “clandestinely introducing” on the…