Legal Opinion
Demos v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 6, 1953No. 14340_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The appellant was indicted along with one Richard A. Najera for having sold heroin to Sam F. Stowers in violation of Title 26 U.S.C. § 2554(a) 1 In Counts 2 and 3 of the same indictment, Richard A. Najera was indicted for two subsequent sales of heroin to Sam F. Stowers. Najera entered a plea of guilty to Counts 2 and 3, and both lie and appellant stood trial under Count 1 of the indictment. The jury found both guilty as charged. Appellant’s sentence, as a second offender, was the minimum five year term of imprisonment [26 U.S.C.A. § 2557(b) (1)] and a fine of $100.00.
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2Cases cited9 opinions
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- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
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- Butts v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1921
- Hunter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Jack Marrin Williamson and Morris Lee Lowrey v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Francis William GroesselCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Odell Clark v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Charles T. Henderson, Jr., George Truitt Robbins and John B. Dees v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1956
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