United States v. Ulysses Johnny Hicks

Ulysses Johnny Hicks was convicted of transferring about 24.80 grams of cocaine, a narcotic drug, without obtaining a written order form from the transferee, a violation of 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) [Count I] and transporting and concealing about 496.53 grams of cocaine, knowing that the narcotic had been imported into the United States contrary to law, a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 [Count II].

On this appeal he contends that the judge should have conducted a “pretrial hearing” on the issue of entrapment. As we understand his argument, it is in substance that due process requires that the judge, at…