Ballerini v. Aderholt

BRYAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, upon his plea of guilty to an indictment in two counts, was sentenced to the Atlanta penitentiary for five years on the first count and four years on the second count, the sentences to run consecutively. Both counts are based upon a single sale of an ounce of heroin, a derivative of opium. The first count charges that appellant made the sale without being registered and without having paid the special tax provided by law, and the second count charges that he made the sale without requiring from the purchaser a written order issued in blank by the Commissioner…