United States v. Noble C. Beasley

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

Noble C. Beasley, James H. Finley, Roy S. Matthews and Reginald Wilson, were jointly indicted for conspiracy to distribute heroin in Mobile County, Alabama, from October 1, 1970 until August 31, 1972 in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 846. Beasley and Finley were also charged in separate counts of the same indictment with making and subscribing false income tax returns — Beasley for the calendar years 1970 and 1971, and Finley for the year 1971 — and for willful evasion of income taxes for the calendar year 1971. 1 Beasley’s three codefendants pleaded guilty during the course of…