Legal Opinion
Jewel Polk v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 23, 1961No. 17017_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KOELSCH, Circuit Judge.
Jewel Polk was indicted on a single count charging him with the unlawful concealment of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, and following a trial to the court was found guilty and sentenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment. This is an appeal from that judgment.
The evidence showed that on the evening of June 3, 1960, officers of the San Francisco Police Department delivered $180 in marked bills to an informer with instructions to make a purchase of narcotics. He gave the money to one Stanciell who went to the residence of appellant, a known trafficker of narcotics.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. RabinowitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- McDonald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Hester v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Frank Lester Brock v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by28 opinions
- United States v. Francisco Bustamante-Gamez, United States of America v. Abelardo Garcia-RamirezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- People v. BerutkoCalifornia Supreme Court · 1969
- Louis D. Ponce v. Walter E. Craven, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Abraham Minker, Also Known as Abe MinkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
- The State of Texas v. Salvador GonzalesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
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