Zebedee Hardy v. United States

The appeal is from convictions of violations of the narcotic laws, 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 174 1

Ordinarily a ruling on the relevancy of evidence depends upon the exercise of the sound discretion of the trial judge and will not be disturbed upon appeal except for grave abuse. Here two officers testified that they were driving an unmarked car when they saw the appellant on the sidewalk with a small cellophane package in his hand. They stopped the car and approached him. He threw the package into a tree-well, the officers testified. They then arrested the appellant at a particular…