Legal Opinion
Blockburger v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided December 11, 1931No. 374PublishedCited by 9,450 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Sutherland
The petitioner was charged with violating provisions of the Harrison Narcotic Act: c. 1, § 1, 3§ Stat. 785, as amended by c. 18, § 1006, 40 Stat. 1057, 1131,. (U. S. C., Title . 26, § 692). ,- 1 and c. 1,’ § 2, 38 Stat. 785, 786, as amended, (U. S. C., Title 26, § 696). 2 The indictment contained five counts. The jury returned a verdict against petitioner upon the second, third and fifth counts only. Each of these counts charged a sale of morphine hydrochloride to the same purchaser. ■ The second count charged a sale on a specified day of ten grains of the drug not in or from the original…
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