Legal Opinion

United States v. Leo Spanos

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 21, 1972No. 71-2342PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

DUNIWAY, Circuit Judge:

Spanos appeals from a judgment of conviction under an indictment charging him with conspiring (18 U.S.C. § 371) with one Godwin and others to violate former 21 U.S.C. § 331 (q) (2) and (3), (added by Pub.L. 89-74, § 5, 79 Stat. 226, 232, repealed by Pub.L. 91-513, § 701(a), 84 Stat. 1236, 1281) which prohibited sale and possession of certain stimulant drugs (21 U.S.C. § 511(b) and (c) as they read prior to their repeal by Pub.L. 91-513, supra, § 1101(a) (10)). This case is kept alive by §§ 702 (a) and 1103(a) of Pub.L. 91-513. We reverse.

“In all criminal prosecutions,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. United States v. PeoniCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1938
  3. Direct Sales Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
  4. Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  5. United States v. William RaglandCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. United States v. NixonSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  2. United States v. Miguel SantiagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1978
  3. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julian S. H. WEINER, Marvin Al Lichtig and Solomon Block, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  4. United States v. Emslie Leander Moore, United States of America v. Floyd Moore, United States of America v. Pieter Cornelis PannekoekCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
  5. United States v. Bruce Dunn, Richard Austin Mandeville, Joseph Harvey Zeligs, Darold Lanier Milligan, Richard Lee ShinafeltCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977

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