SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 17425.

265 F.2d 14 (1959)

Willis SMITH, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied June 15, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. St. Ana, Miami, Fla., for appellant.

David C. Clark, Jr., O. B. Cline, Jr., Asst. U. S. Attys., Miami, Fla., James L. Guilmartin, U. S. Atty., Lavinia L. Redd, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for appellee.

Before RIVES and TUTTLE, Circuit Judges, and SIMPSON, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied June 15, 1959. See 79 S.Ct. 1297.

TUTTLE, Circuit Judge.

This is the second appearance of this case here. Smith was convicted under the Harrison Narcotics Law, 26 U.S.C.A. §§ 2550 et seq., 3220 et seq., and sentenced to five years imprisonment. After his sentence he engaged new counsel who filed a motion for new trial, the principal basis of which was considered by the Court in Smith v. United States of America, 5 Cir., ...

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