Legal Opinion
Earl Williams v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided February 20, 1964No. 16943_1PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Chief Judge.
Appellant was convicted on a jury trial (a) of violating 21 U.S.C. § 174, in receiving and concealing a quantity of heroin knowing it to have been imported into the United States contrary to law, and (b) of violating 26 U.S.C. § 4724(b), in unlawfully carrying a quantity of heroin and cocaine from Chicago, Illinois, to St. Louis, Missouri.
Two previous narcotic convictions existed against appellant, one for illegal possession, and the other for illegal sale. The selling violation had been engaged in after appellant’s completion of his sentence on the possession offense.…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Kempe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- Nilva v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1954
- Brickey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1941
- Terminal R. Ass'n of St. Louis v. HowellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1948
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- United States v. Joseph Armone, Stephen Grammauta, Vincent Pacelli, and Nicholas ViscardiCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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