United States v. Erie Jones Garrick

Erie Jones Garrick was tried and convicted by a jury on November 9, 1967, under a three-count indictment charging possession of an unregistered distillery, carrying on the business of a distiller unlawfully, and unlawfully working in a distillery, all in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5601(a) (1), 26 U.S.C. § 5602, 18 U.S.C. § 2, and 26 U.S.C. § 5681(c). On November 16, Garrick was sentenced to an active sentence of one year on the first count and was placed on probation for five years on the second and third counts. From the denial without a hearing of his motion under Fed.R.Crim.P. 35 for…