United States v. James Miller

*827FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge:

We have before us appeals from a number of post-trial orders of Judge Blumen-feld in the District Court for Connecticut arising out of the conviction of James Miller for conspiring to import heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 173-74. We affirmed the conviction, 2 Cir., 381 F.2d 529 (1967), in an opinion noting that the appeal, was “rather unusual these days in that Miller claims he was innocent of the crime charged,” 381 F.2d at 531; in the same opinion we affirmed the denial of Miller’s first and somewhat pro forma motion for a new trial. After holding a petition for…