Legal Opinion
Calvin J. Taylor v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1968No. 18872_1PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACKMUN, Circuit Judge.
Calvin J. Taylor, a Negro and age 42, after a plea of not guilty, was convicted by a jury on all three counts of an indictment which charged him with unlawful sales of heroin on February 2 and 16, 1967, and with unlawful purchase or distribution of the drug on the former date, in violation of 26 U.S.C. §§ 4705(a) and 4704(a), respectively. Taylor twice before had been convicted on federal narcotics charges. Judge Meredith, pursuant to the provisions of 26 U.S.C. § 7237 (a) and (b), imposed a 20-year sentence on each count, the three sentences to run concurrently.…
2Cases cited28 opinions
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- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by40 opinions
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