Title

US v Martin

Authors

Westlaw

Document Type

Case Brief

Publication Date

7-16-1970

Opinion

Defendant moved for correction of sentence. The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, Rabe Ferguson Marsh, Jr., Chief Judge, 302 F.Supp. 498, entered order and defendant appealed. The Court of Appeals held that application of presumption of knowledge of illegal importation from possession of heroin was not unconstitutional as to defendant who was at least a frequent user. Affirmed.

Court

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit

Judges

Freedman, Seitz, Van Dusen

Lawyers

Roslyn M. Litman, Litman, Litman, Harris & Spector, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellant. Blair A. Griffith, First Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa. (Richard L. Thornburgh, U.S. Atty., John H. Bingler, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Pittsburgh, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

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