Legal Opinion
Samuel Jacento Ortega v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 29, 1965No. 19687PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Ortega was indicted by a federal grand jury on May 27, 1964 in four counts for violation of Title 21, United States Code, Section 174. The indictment charged appellant with the concealment and sale of 1.140 grams of heroin on April 24,1964 (Counts 1 and 2) and of 8.800 grams of heroin in a separate transaction on the same day, April 24, 1964 (Counts 3 and 4).
Following trial by jury, a verdict of guilty was returned against appellant as to all counts. The appellant was sentenced to the custody of the Attorney General for a period of five years on each count, the…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sorrells v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Sherman v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- United States v. ShermanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- David Louis Hansford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1962
- Raymond Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- United States v. Jesse Vance MehcizCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
- Donald Croom Beatty, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Donald Richard Munroe v. United States of America, Marian B. Munroe v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Paul Washington Kibby v. United States of America, Charles R. Stewart v. United States of America, Carl McFadden v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
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