Legal Opinion
United States v. Dennis Rex Bonham, David Duan Fletcher. Appeal of David Fletcher
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 2, 1973No. 71-2097PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
David Fletcher has taken this appeal from a conviction of criminal acquisition of heroin in violation of subsection 4704 (a) of Title 26, United States Code. That subsection also creates a presumption of illegal acquisition or trafficing from “possession” of the specified narcotic in other than the required stamped package. 1
Fletcher was indicted and tried along with his half brother, Dennis Bonham. At trial the government showed that police officers, executing a search warrant, entered the home of the defendants' mother where she lived together with…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Kelley Davis A/K/A Tee, in No. 71-1778, and Inez Davis. Appeal of Inez Davis, in No. 71-1779Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1972
- Robert McClure Jr., and Donald Gaxiola v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1964
- William Evans and Josephine Evans v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
- United States v. Clifton W. HollandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1971
- Robert Lewis Eason and Kenneth Lamoyne Nowlin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by57 opinions
- U.S. v. MergersonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
- United States v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
- United States v. SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1990
- United States v. Christian PaulinoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2006
- United States ex rel. Hart v. DavenportCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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