Edward Lee Brown v. United States

HAMLIN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted by a jury in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California of two counts of selling and concealing heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174. He appeals.

The sufficiency of the evidence is not challenged; the record amply supports the jury finding.

The second paragraph of 21 U.S.C. § 174 provides:

“Whenever on trial for a violation of this section the defendant is shown to have or to have had possession of the narcotic drug, such possession shall be deemed sufficient evidence to authorize conviction unless the defendant…