Legal Opinion
Walter Spells v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 23, 1959No. 17348PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAMERON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Walter Spells and two others were tried and convicted for conspiring to violate the narcotics laws from. October 15, 1957 to February 1, 1958 by receiving, concealing, possessing, transferring and selling marihuana in violation of the laws of the United States referred to in the indictment, which consisted of six counts. Appellant was convicted along with the two others under the conspiracy count, and was also convicted under Counts Two and Three charging him with acquiring three and one-half pounds of marihuana and transferring to a named person, and Count…
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