Legal Opinion

United States v. Morris Garfield Williams, Jr.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided November 23, 1970No. 24923PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

Morris Garfield Williams Jr. was found guilty, following a jury trial, on six counts of an indictment charging violations of federal narcotics laws arising out of two separate drug transactions. A motion for judgment of acquittal was granted as to the first three counts which concerned a transaction alleged to have occurred on February 9, 1968. Appellant now stands convicted on two counts of violating 21 U.S.C. § 1741 and one count of violating 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a).2

All three counts concern a transaction alleged to have occurred on February 20, 1968.

The court sentenced the…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Glasser v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  2. Turner v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Hitchman Coal & Coke Co. v. MitchellSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
  4. Paul John Carbo, Frank Palermo, Joseph Sica, Louis Tom Dragna, and Truman K. Gibson, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1963
  5. United States v. RoselliCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. Julian S. H. WEINER, Marvin Al Lichtig and Solomon Block, AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  2. United States v. John Edward Jones, A/K/A Liddy Jones, A/K/A Malik Shariff, United States of America v. Robert Avon Jones, A/K/A BobbyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
  3. United States v. Laurence John LaytonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
  4. Matthew Ottomano v. United States of America, United States of America v. Matthew OttomanoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1973
  5. United States v. Arturo M. CampaCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982

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