Legal Opinion
Richard Sylvia v. United States
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided January 22, 1963No. 6021PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALDRICH, Circuit Judge.
Sylvia was found guilty by a jury of violating 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a) and 21 U. S.C. § 174 in connection with the sale of a small quantity of heroin. He appeals, not on the ground that the evidence was insufficient to support a conviction, but because the court placed upon him the burden of proving the defense of entrapment.
The government’s evidence warranted a finding that Sylvia was approached by one Gibson, a government agent, and asked if he knew where a certain individual, Chandler, could be found. Sylvia stated that he did not know, but asked if he could help him.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Masciale v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Berardi v. MenicksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1960
- Purification Rodriguez v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Eastman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1954
- Hannon v. Hayes-Bickford Lunch System, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1957
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3Cited by33 opinions
- Paul A. Gorin v. United States of America, Henry Grillo v. United States of America, Saul Glassman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963
- United States v. Olga Valencia and William Suarez ValenciaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Albert B. Brooke v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1967
- United States v. William Garner, Jr., Keith Jarrett, A/K/A Keith Brown, and Nathaniel RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Paul Washington Kibby v. United States of America, Charles R. Stewart v. United States of America, Carl McFadden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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