Legal Opinion
Willie James Harris v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1967No. 20738_1PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWNING, Circuit Judge:
We have concluded that the grounds urged for reversing appellant’s conviction of narcotics offenses are without merit.
1. Appellant attacks the adequacy of the government’s proof of “chain of custody” of the narcotics offered in evidence, primarily on the ground that the narcotics were left for a time in the locked trunk of a government chemist’s unattended automobile. A sufficient answer is found in Gallego v. United States, 276 F.2d 914, 916-917 (9th Cir. 1960), and Pasadena Research Laboratories v. United States, 169 F.2d 375, 381 (9th Cir. 1948). See also West v.…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- United States v. MurdockSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- District of Columbia v. ClawansSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by29 opinions
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