Legal Opinion
United States v. Durand Cephas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 20, 1959No. 12446_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PARKINSON, Circuit Judge.
Durand Cephas, the appellant here and a defendant below, and defendants Betty Wright, Benjamin Balkcom and Floyd Connie were indicted for violations of the narcotics laws. Counts I and II charged all four with violations on May 22, 1957 of Title 26 U.S.C.A. § 4705(a) and Title 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, respectively; Counts III and IV charged Cephas, Wright and Connie with the same respective violations on June 10, 1957; and Count V was a conspiracy count.
The defendants pleaded not guilty and were tried to the court. Betty Wright was acquitted. Benjamin Balkcom was convicted…
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- Abrams v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
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