Legal Opinion
United States v. Savage
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 30, 1961No. 413, Docket 26063PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
Here the trial judge, sitting without a jury and acting on clear evidence that defendant had possession of heroin, used the statutory inference permitted from possession to find that the drug had been illegally imported into the United States and that the statute 21 U.S.C. § 174 had been violated. There have been too many cases sustaining this or a like inference as reasonable and rational for us now to hold it invalid. Yee Hem v. United States, 268 U.S. 178, 184, 45 S.Ct. 470, 69 L.Ed. 904; Casey v. United States, 276 U.S. 413, 418, 48 S.Ct. 373, 72 L.Ed. 632; United States v. Moe Liss, 2…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Yee Hem v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Casey v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Frank Anthony Cellino v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
- United States v. Moe LissCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1939
- Herman Carter Walker v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
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3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. Charles Gibson, Rayburn Hillary and Delmo WaltersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- United States v. Victor E. Stadter, Marvin Wright and Roy EhlenCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- United States v. James DevenereCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1964
- Robert Burns Johnson v. United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- United States v. Joseph SavageCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
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