Earl Johnson v. United States

To put this case in its proper perspective, a brief review of testimony in the District Court is necessary.

Officer Heath, a member of the Metropolitan Police Department working as an undercover agent on the narcotics squad, met one John L¡ Turner [indicted as a co-defendant with appellant] at 3:15 A.M. on March 25, 1961. What took place between Officer Heath and Turner at that time we do not know.1 During the trial, the Government attempted to introduce testimony as to what took place at that meeting, but the court twice properly sustained defense counsel’s objections that, as appellant was…