Parsons v. United States

Full title: Gilbert PARSONS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court: United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit

Date published: Nov 21, 1957

250 F.2d 408 (D.C. Cir. 1957)

Opinion

No. 13998.

Argued November 14, 1957.

Decided November 21, 1957.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia; Charles F. McLaughlin, District Judge.

Mr. Julius W. Robertson, Washington, D.C. (appointed by the District Court), for appellant.

Mr. Nathan J. Paulson, Asst. U.S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U.S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and Harold H. Titus, Jr., Asst. U.S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before FAHY, WASHINGTON and BURGER, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted on six of nine counts of an indictment for violation of the federal narcotic laws,¹ and acquitted on three counts. Court-appointed counsel has conscientiously presented all questions about which some contention reasonably could be made, but we find no error.

1 68A Stat. 550 (1954), as amended, 26 U.S.C. § 4704(a); 68A Stat. 551 (1954), as amended, 26 U.S.C. § 4705(a); 35 Stat. 614 (1909), as amended, 21 U.S.C. § 174 (Supp. IV, 1957), 21 U.S.C.A. § 174.

Affirmed.