Legal Opinion
Jones v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 28, 1960No. 69PublishedCited by 4,611 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Frankfurter
This is a prosecution for violation of federal narcotics laws. In the first count of a two-count indictment petitioner was charged with having “purchased, sold, dispensed and distributed” narcotics in violation of 26 U. S. C. § 4704 (a), that is, not in or from the “original stamped package.” In the second count petitioner was charged under 21 U. S. C. § 174 with having “facilitated the concealment and sale of” the same narcotics, knowing them to have been imported illegally into the United States. Petitioner was found guilty on both counts and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. The…
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