United States v. Willard Williams

On April 20, 1967, this panel of the court affirmed from the bench, without opinion, appellant’s conviction and ten-year sentence after a trial before Judge Bonsai in the Southern District of New York for receiving, transporting, and facilitating the transportation of cocaine known to be illegally imported, in violation of 42 Stat. 596 (1922), as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 173, and 70 Stat. 570 (1956), 21 U.S.C. § 174.

Counsel assigned to appellant under the Criminal Justice Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3006A, Anthony F. Marra, Esq., and Joshua N. Koplovitz, Esq., attorneys of the Legal Aid Society, now seek…