United States v. Marilyn Voncelle Judd

Following a jury trial, appellant Marilyn Voncelle Judd, together with her husband, Paul Judd, were convicted on Counts One, Two and Three of a six count indictment.

Count One charged a violation of 21 U.S.C. § 174 on or about September 3, 1969, when the appellant and her husband knowingly received, concealed and facilitated the concealment and transportation of 29.00 grams of heroin which they knew had been previously imported into the United States of America.

Count Two charged that appellant and her husband knowingly and unlawfully sold and facilitated the sale to Federal Agent Lawrence Lusardi the same heroin, which they knew had been imported into the United States contrary to law.

Count Three charged that appellant and her husband sold the same amount of heroin to Agent Lusardi without obtaining from him a written order on a form issued for that purpose by the Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, contrary to 26 U.S.C. § 4705 (a).

Paul Judd together with co-defendants Hovsepian, Sotelo, Camarillo and Prince were named in Counts Four, Five and Six of the indictment. The three offenses charged in said counts are similar to the offenses set forth in Counts One,…