United States v. Gearhart

Full title: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, PLAINTIFF AND APPELLEE, v. BARRY DOUGLAS…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: Apr 14, 1972

456 F.2d 1312 (9th Cir. 1972)

Opinion

No. 72-1126.

April 14, 1972.

Jerry Berg (argued), of Collins, Hays, Stewart, Berg, Pott Sanford, Inc., San Jose, Cal., for appellant.

Frederic F. Tilton, Asst. U.S. Atty. (argued), F. Steele Langford, Asst. U.S. Atty., James L. Browning, Jr., U.S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California; Robert H. Schnacke, Judge.

Before CHAMBERS, and ELY, Circuit Judges, and TAYLOR, District Judge.^___

___ The Honorable Fred M. Taylor, United States District Judge for the District of Idaho, sitting by designation.

PER CURIAM:

The judgment of conviction is reversed. We are of the opinion that Chernekoff v. United States, 219 F.2d 721 (9th Cir. 1955) governs and that United States v. Lewis, 448 F.2d 1228 (9th Cir. 1971) is distinguishable from Chernekoff. Cf. Parrott v. United States, 370 F.2d 388 (9th Cir. 1966), cert. denied Lawrence v. United States, 387 U.S. 908, 87 S.Ct. 1690, 18 L.Ed.2d 625.