Ronald Jordan v. United States

MURRAH, Chief Judge.

The appellant, Ronald Jordan, was convicted by a jury upon a three count indictment for the violation of the narcotic laws (i. e. 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a), 4705(a) and 21 U.S.C. § 174) and sentenced to fifteen years on each count to run concurrently. On appeal he complains of (1) refusal of the Court to specially instruct the jury on the credibility of the informer; (2) undue curtailment of cross-examination to impeach the informer’s testimony; (8) failure to properly define “narcotic drug”; (4) insufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction on count II, i. e. sale of…