Legal Opinion
United States v. Gordon
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1975No. 74-3034PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before KOELSCH and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and SOLOMON,* District Judge. SOLOMON, District Judge:
The principal issue in this appeal is whether the defense of duress is available to one who asserts that he committed an illegal act to protect the lives of friends.
Gordon, the appellant, admits that he possessed and sold 250,000 amphetamine tablets, but he asserts that he did it because of threats to himself and two friends by the undercover agent to whom he sold the drugs.
*407The trial court excluded the friends’ testimony on duress. The defendant was convicted and he appealed. We affirm.
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