UNITED STATES v. FORD

No. 17994.

395 F.2d 679 (1968)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Willie James FORD and Ruby Ann Howard, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

As Amended June 6, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel P. Worth, Hamilton, Ohio, (Court appointed), for Willie James Ford.

Lewis T. Barr, Cincinnati, Ohio, (Court appointed), for Ruby Ann Howard.

Jerome B. Greenbaum, Detroit, Mich., for appellee; Lawrence Gubow, U. S. Atty., Jerome B. Greenbaum, Asst. U. S. Atty., Detroit, Mich., on brief.

Before EDWARDS and COMBS, Circuit Judges and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellants were found guilty on three counts of an indictment charging them with possession, sale, and purchase of narcotics in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174; 26 U.S.C. §§ 4704(a) and 4705(a); and 18 U.S.C. § 2. They appeal from judgments sentencing them to five years' imprisonment on each count, the sentences to run concurrently.

The chief Government witness was Alford Brown, who had three previous felony convictions and...

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