Legal Opinion
Charles Elmer Nash v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 19, 1965No. 21444PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*367GRIFFIN B. BELL, Circuit Judge:
Appellant was convicted on each count of a three count indictment charging, respectively, importation and concealment of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C.A. § 174, and failure to register and pay the special tax in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 4724(c). He was sentenced on November 30, 1961, and no appeal was taken. He then brought the present proceeding under 28 U.S.C.A. § 2255 alleging that he had been subjected to compulsory self-incrimination in violation of the Fifth Amendment when he was forced to take an emetic that caused him to regurgitate heroin which he…
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