Francis E. Jackson v. United States

J. SKELLY WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:

Appellant in this case was picked up on March 29, 1962, and charged with having illegally sold narcotics on October 19, *8221961, some five months "before his arrest. At the trial, the prosecution tendered only one witness to the alleged sale, Federal Narcotics Agent Herman Scott.

The case possesses features similar to other narcotics convictions which in the recent past have troubled this court.1 The conviction rests on the testimony of one witness 2 who testified to the occurrence of one sale3 and who admitted at the trial that he had no personal recollection…