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487 F.2d 336

Docket No. 73-2549

United States v. Lee

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Decided Nov. 12, 1973.

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · decided 1973-11-12

Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently November 1973

1 federal appellate ·

2 counsel of record

Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act)

Relies on Glasser v. United States · Isbell Enterprises, Inc. v. Citizens Casualty Co. of New York · United States v. Warner

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Opinion by (per_curiam) · Decided 1973-11-12

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¶1Summary Calendar.*

¶2*337Manuel James, Key West, Fla. (Court-appointed), for defendant-appellant.

¶3Robert W. Rust, U. S. Atty., Lawrence B. Craig, III, Asst. U. S. Atty., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

¶4Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and DYER and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

¶6PER CURIAM:

¶7In a jury trial, Lee was convicted on two counts of possession and distribution of heroin in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. § 2 and 21 U.S.C.A. § 841 (1970). We are wholly unpersuaded by Lee’s sole contention on appeal that the Government’s evidence adduced at trial was insufficient as a matter of law to allow the case to go to the jury.

¶8During the trial, the accomplice, Vicki Ingraham, directly implicated Lee, and her testimony was corroborated in large measure by the two other prosecution witnesses. Inasmuch as In-graham’s testimony alone is sufficient to sustain Lee’s conviction, see United States v. Iacovetti, 5 Cir. 1972, 466 F.2d 1147,. 1153, her corroborated testimony obviously sufficed to send the case to the jury. See Glasser v. United States, 1941, 315 U.S. 60, 62 S.Ct. 457, 86 L.Ed. 680; United States v. Hill, 5 Cir. 1973, 481 F.2d 929; United States v. Stephenson, 5 Cir. 1973, 474 F.2d 1353; United States v. Warner, 5 Cir. 1971, 441 F.2d 821; United States v. Andrews, 5 Cir. 1970, 427 F.2d 539.

¶9Affirmed.

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