Legal Opinion
Johnny Trotter, Also Known as John Trotter v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 21, 1966No. 30056_1PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellant Trotter brings this consolidated appeal from the denial of two motions to vacate sentence made pursuant to-28 U.S.C. § 2255, on April 5, 1965 and July 30, 1965.
The first appeal, Docket No. 29990, is from an order denying appellant’s motion to vacate a sentence imposed on him, after a plea of guilty, for selling heroin. Appellant claimed that heroin is not a narcotic drug within the meaning of 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a) under which he was convicted.
*420The Internal Revenue Code, 26 U.S.C. § 4731(a) (2) defines a narcotic drug as including:
“Any compound, manufacture, salt, derivative, or…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- United States of America Ex Rel. John McGrath v. J. E. Lavallee, Warden of Clinton Prison, Dannemora, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- United States of America Ex Rel. Jacob Wissenfeld, Relator-Appellant v. Walter H. Wilkins, Warden, Attica State Prison, Attica, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- United States v. TateoDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- George Naval v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1960
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Blackledge v. AllisonSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Jose Verdugo and Horace Eugene Turner v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- Walters v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
- The People v. WashingtonIllinois Supreme Court · 1967
- United States v. Russell WeissCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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