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Fenton v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Sep 11, 1962
308 F.2d 246 (9th Cir. 1962)

Opinion

No. 17972.

September 11, 1962.

Howard Meyerson, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Francis C. Whelan, U.S. Atty., Thomas R. Sheridan, Asst. U.S. Atty., Chief, Criminal Section, and Phillip W. Johnson, Asst. U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before CHAMBERS and JERTBERG, Circuit Judges, and ROSS, District Judge.


Appellant has been convicted on four counts of narcotics offenses. The identical sentences are concurrent. Under Sinclair v. United States, 279 U.S. 263, 49 S.Ct. 268, 73 L.Ed. 692, we need to find the evidence to be sufficient under only one count. This we do, although there is none to spare. The government's main witness was discredited in many ways, but it was within the province of the jury to believe him in the necessary particulars.

The instructions which appellant complains were too abbreviated were adequate. That they were not more comprehensive we do not find to be plain error.


Summaries of

Fenton v. United States

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
Sep 11, 1962
308 F.2d 246 (9th Cir. 1962)
Case details for

Fenton v. United States

Case Details

Full title:Rudy FENTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Sep 11, 1962

Citations

308 F.2d 246 (9th Cir. 1962)

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