White v. United States

WILBUR K. MILLER, Associate Justice.

Whether venue was proved is the principal question presented by this appeal. The appellant, Raymond V. White, was convicted of unlawfully selling marihuana cigarettes and challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to show that the offense was committed in the District of Columbia.

On March 20, 1946, White approached Calvin W. Edwards, one of the custodians of the McKinley High School, at the school grounds and asked if he would be interested in buying marihuana, either by the pound, quarter-pound or ounce. Edwards told him to come back the next day. In the…