Legal Opinion
Benjamin Hemphill v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 2, 1968No. 18936_1PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Hemphill has appealed from a judgment of conviction entered pursuant to a jury verdict finding him guilty of the unlawful sale of heroin without the requisite Treasury form in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a). We affirm.
The government’s case rests primarily on the testimony of a government informer, Mrs. Bernice Taylor, and federal narcotic agent, Richard M. Patch. The informer, at the inducement of Patch, entered into a narcotic purchase arrangement with the defendant under the surveillance of narcotic agents.
The uncontroverted evidence established that on…
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