Legal Opinion
Affronti v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 14, 1944No. 12817PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SANBORN, Circuit Judge.
The appellant (who will be referred to as “defendant”) on September 7, 1943, entered a plea of not guilty to an indictment which was returned on January 21, 1932. The indictment contained ten counts, each of which charged a separate sale of morphine in Kansas City, Missouri, in violation of § 2553(a) of 26 U.S.C.A.Int.Rev. Code, 53 Stat. 271. This statute makes it unlawful to “sell, dispense, or distribute” certain drugs, including morphine, “except in the original stamped package or from the original stamped package.”
The case was tried to a jury. At the close of the…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Gurera v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1930
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3Cited by82 opinions
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- United States v. William Herbert Greene, IIICourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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- Myres v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1949
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