Legal Opinion
Robert Burns Johnson v. United States of America
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 30, 1970No. 17366_1PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.
On October 8, 1965, after a trial by jury, defendant Johnson, the petitioner herein, was found guilty on six counts of an indictment charging him with the sale and possession of heroin. (26 U.S.C. § 4705(a), 21 U.S.C. § 174). He was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General for a period of six years.
An appeal was taken from the judgment of conviction. This Court appointed Barry E. Fink, Esq. as counsel to represent defendant on the appeal. Mr. Fink informed this Court that after an intensive study of the record and the transcript of proceedings in the…
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