United States v. Donald Maurice Johnson
435 F.2d 1312·1971 U.S. App. LEXIS 12396
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitJanuary 14, 197126058California115 words
Opinion
The judgment of conviction is affirmed.
There was sufficient evidence on the heroin count (the one seriously contested) to permit the case to go to the jury. We do not find that the presumption allowed by Turner v. United States, 396 U.S. 398 , 90 S.Ct. 642 , 24 L.Ed.2d 610 , was used.
The point about no members of appellant’s race being on the jury falls under Swain v. Alabama, 380 U.S. 202 , 85 S.Ct. 824 , 13 L.Ed.2d 759 , because there was no tender of a showing that such members were systematically excluded.
The testimony about association with another charged with a crime we find harmless, if it was improperly admitted.