Legal Opinion

James Coley Jones v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided January 28, 1964No. 18365_1PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury of possession of marihuana, violating Section 176a of Title 21 United States Code, and was sentenced to prison. Appellant’s automobile was stopped after a United States Customs Agent had been personally informed, through an informant known to him (who had given reliable information in the past with respect to unlawful importation) that “two colored people, a man and a woman driving a 1956 Buick automobile red and white in color, bearing California license plates MXW 707, had arranged to obtain a package of marihuana and would probably…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Jones v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  3. Roviaro v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
  4. Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Ben Edward Alexander v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  3. United States v. Serafin Alfonso, Humberto Rayo, Fabian Mora, Primo Antonio Serrano-TellezCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1985
  4. Jesse James Gilbert v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1966
  5. State v. TexeiraHawaii Supreme Court · 1967

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