Joseph J. Bush v. United States of America, Arthur H. Otey v. United States

BURGER, Circuit Judge.

Otey appeals from a conviction on four counts of possession and transferring narcotics in separate transactions on August 10 and September 17, 1965. Bush appeals from a conviction of aiding and abetting the unlawful transfers; possession charges as to him were dropped.

The chief witness for the prosecution was a narcotics officer who had been operating as an “undercover” agent at the time of the acts charged. His testimony was that he had seen and talked with Bush on several occasions prior to August 10, 1965; on that date the officer and Bush contacted Otey and arranged…