United States v. James F. Williams

Appellant was convicted on June 11, 1969 of violations of 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 174. His contention that Robinson v. California, 370 U.S. 660, 82 S.Ct. 1417, 8 L.Ed.2d 758 (1962), imposes a constitutional bar to criminal conviction of an addict for possession of narcotics for his own use is foreclosed by this Court’s decision in United States v. Moore, 158 U.S.App.D. C. —, 486 F.2d 1139 (1973).

On October 24, 1969 appellant was sentenced to five years on count one (§ 4704(a)) and ten years on count two (§ 174), the mandatory minimum. The sentences were to run concurrently. At the…