Legal Opinion

Wall v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided June 27, 1933No. 6578PublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FOSTER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Charles Wall, George Zarata, Michael Gullo, and two unknown persons, designated as John Doe and Richard Roe, were charged with conspiring to unlawfufly purchase, sell, dispense, and distribute morphine and cocaine in violation of the Harrison Narcotic Act and the Tariff Acts. The government obtained a severance as to Gullo and the unknowns. Wall and Zarata were put on trial and convicted. Only Wall has appealed. There are a number of assignments of error running to the refusal of the trial court to charge on the question of entrapment.

There was sufficient…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
  2. Hunter v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1932

3Cited by26 opinions

  1. Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
  2. United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  3. William Clayton Pierce v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
  4. United States v. Walter RileyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
  5. James Whiting v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1963

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